Lazio
Lazio
Federici 2024 Le Coste Vermentino Lazio IGT
Italian White
$31.99
Pale straw colour with golden highlights appears alongside white flowers, jasmine, exotic fruit and aromatic herbs. The palate is fresh, soft and savoury, with a touch of almond. Made entirely from Vermentino grown near Zagarolo on tuffaceous soils, the grapes are pressed gently and fermented at low temperature. The wine spends six months in stainless steel on fine lees, with weekly bâtonnage, and carries 13 percent alcohol.
Cantina Gaffino 2023 Il Buon Bastardo Cabernet Sauvignon
Italian Red
$41.99
Cabernet Sauvignon grows on volcanic clay soils at a density of 6,300 vines per hectare. Harvest falls in the final third of September. Cold pre-fermentation maceration lasts twelve hours at ten degrees Celsius, followed by twenty-four days on the skins. Maturation includes six months in barriques and a further six months in bottle. The profile is balanced and includes tannins.
Le Coste 2018 Pizzicante Rosso
Italian Sparkling
$46.99
This lightly sparkling red sits between red and rosé in style. One week of skin maceration precedes ageing in stainless steel. Red and dark berries appear with mulberry, pomegranate, ripe strawberry and hibiscus. The texture is prickly and snappy, with light tannins and a short finish. The wine comes from Lazio, Italy, and contains twelve percent alcohol.
Le Coste 2016 Rosso Lazio
Italian Red
$47.99
Mostly Grechetto Rosso, a local Sangiovese clone, is joined by small amounts of Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Canaiolo and Vaiano. The grapes come from biodynamically cultivated volcanic soils in Lazio. Hand harvesting is followed by destemming, ten days on the skins and fermentation with indigenous yeasts in barrels. The wine then ages for one year in old Slavonian oak before bottling without filtration, fining or added sulphites.
Le Coste 2023 Litrozzo Rosso 1 L
Italian Red
$52.99
The blend includes Sangiovese and Merlot. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts after destemming, and the wine undergoes eight days in concrete before malolactic fermentation without skins. It is bottled without fining or stabilization. Cherry and orange accompany a fresh, fruity profile. The fruit comes from Bomarzo and Montefiascone, and the release is classified as natural, organic and vegan.
Casale del Giglio 2021 Faro della Guardia Biancolella Lazio IGT
Italian White
$53.99
Pale yellow colour with a green tint accompanies ripe golden peach, fresh apricot and floral perfume. The palate is flinty and fresh, with citrus on a lingering fruity finish. Biancolella grows on Ponza at the base of a sea cliff near the island’s lighthouse. The wine remains on its lees for seven to eight months before bottling. The site has volcanic and calcareous soils.
Le Coste 2024 Litrozzo Rosato 1 L
Italian Rosé
$53.99
Deep rosé colour accompanies citrus and floral aromas. The palate is fresh, while the finish is persistent and fragrant with the aromatic character of Aleatico. The blend is ninety percent Aleatico and ten percent Merlot. Vines average thirty years on loose volcanic soil at three hundred metres. After a short maceration in the press, direct-pressed juice ferments in stainless steel. The wine matures five months in tank and seven months in bottle.
Le Coste 2016 Vigna Le Coste Bianco
Italian White
$55.99
Procanico makes up sixty percent of the blend, with Malvasia di Candia, Malvasia Toscana, Vermentino and smaller amounts of older local varieties. The vines were fourteen years old and planted at high density on a steep east-facing site at 470 metres, over volcanic soil. The grapes were destemmed and placed in wooden vats. After fermentation, the wine spent about two years in 10- and 15-hectolitre barrels. No additives were used.
La Visciola 2021 Donna Rosa Passerina del Frusinate White Wine
Italian White
$61.99
Passerina from vines more than sixty years old forms the wine. Eighty percent of the fruit is pressed directly, while twenty percent macerates until the sugars are exhausted. Spontaneous fermentation and malolactic conversion take place in stainless steel. Ageing lasts fifteen to eighteen months in stainless steel. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with three milligrams per litre of total sulphur. Production totals about three thousand bottles.
Le Coste 2019 Pinotto
Italian Red
$73.99
Black fruit, earthy notes and spice accompany a delicate, light palate with marked acidity. Pinot Noir and a small proportion of Syrah come from two young plots on volcanic soils at about four hundred and seventy metres. Whole bunches undergo carbonic maceration for one month in old barrels with indigenous yeasts. The wine then spends twelve months on fine lees in oak vats.
La Visciola 2022 Vicinale Cesanese del Piglio
Italian Red
$92.99
Blueberry, tobacco, leather, dark fruit, earth and mushroom appear in this red. Made entirely from Cesanese, it draws on several plots of forty-five- to sixty-year-old vines growing on red clay between 340 and 400 metres. The wine is made in stainless steel, remains there for at least one year before bottling, and is unfined and unfiltered.
Monastero Suore Cistercensi 2019 Benedic Lazio Rosso
Italian Red
$45.99
Pale and translucent in the glass, this gentle red favours clarity over weight. Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo bring fresh red-fruit character, while a two-week maceration adds light grip without sacrificing delicacy. Natural fermentation and restrained cellar work preserve an unadorned, quietly savoury profile. The result remains clear and composed, with fresh fruit continuing through a clean, understated finish that suits the wine’s light touch.
Le Coste 2024 Litrozzo Bianco 1 L
Italian White
$53.99
Very fresh and fragrant, with floral aromas opening into ripe pineapple and bright citrus. The palate is driven by pronounced acidity, giving the wine an energetic, easy-drinking shape while carrying the fruit cleanly through. Its finish returns to the same floral, tropical and citrus notes found on the nose, creating a coherent, lively profile with both immediate charm and a crisp, focused sense of refreshment.
Le Coste 2013 Paino Bianco Procanico
Italian White
$129.99
Deep amber-gold in colour, with dried apricot, quince, crushed flint and a faint note of volcanic ash. The palate is full and textural, bringing ripe pear, chamomile, salted almond and honeycomb into focus. Bright acidity cuts through the breadth while firm, grippy tannins provide shape. The finish is persistent and mineral, retaining savoury tension and a clear imprint of its volcanic setting.
Famiglia Cotarella 2019 Montiano Merlot
Italian Red
$121.99
Black cherry, redcurrant and ripe plum meet sandalwood, cedar, balsamic herbs and a measured note of dark chocolate. The palate is full and concentrated, yet fresh acidity keeps the fruit energetic and clearly defined. Silky, polished tannins build a refined structure without heaviness, while rosemary, orange peel and gentle spice add lift. The finish is long, harmonious and savoury, with dark fruit returning.
Le Coste 2011 Bomb’Bulle Sparkling White
Italian Sparkling
$75.99
A delicate bead lifts bright citrus, sea-salt freshness and warm spice. The palate is light and energetic, with brisk acidity carrying lemon peel and a gently savoury, herbal edge. Fine bubbles keep the texture nimble, while the mineral, lightly oxidative finish remains dry, vivid and refreshingly unconventional.
Le Coste 2018 Ninì e Lulù
Italian Red
$58.99
Red-fleshed fruit leads a direct, open nose, with savoury spice adding warmth. The palate is balanced and generous, built around robust but well-judged tannins and a softly persistent texture. Ripe fruit stays clear through the finish, giving this naturally made Syrah a rustic, energetic character without sacrificing composure.
Cotarella 2019 Sodale Merlot Lazio IGP
Italian Red
$42.99
Deep ruby with purple reflections, offering red fruit and sweet spice aromas framed by vanilla. The palate is round and harmonious, with dark cherry, wild berry and plum carried by polished, sweet tannins. A savoury undertone brings balance before a smooth, persistent finish with gently warming spice.