Wines for Summer Style|Aromatic + Textured, Country|Italy | Wayward Wines
Natural Wine For Spring

Style – Aromatic + Textured

Now that Summer is upon us, despite what feels like endless rain, we thought it time to put together a selection of natural wines fit for the Season. Light, bright, fresh, aromatic, heady and sensual: these are the bottles we reach for at this time of year.

Quarticello
Despina 2023

Delicious, zesty grapefruit and rose blossom nose with a cutting, refreshing white lemony zing to the palate, and clean, salty finish. Find out more.

  • Region Montecchio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£23.75

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Le Coste
Primeur 2023

A wine that never fails to impress with its elevated, rose garden aromas. From a cooler year, this pours a wonderful shade of purple, offering soaring notes of red berries and rose, whilst blood orange and bitter herbs offer refreshment in spades. Find out more.

  • Region Gradoli, Lazio, Italy
  • Grapes Aleatico
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36

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Antonio Gismondi
Baciami Ancora 2022

Big aromas evoke powdery parma violets and rosewater. On the palate this sleekly-textured wine gives a sort of juicy cherry cola character, albeit with a herbaceous, strawberry liquorice lilt. A playful fruit-bomb of a wine, like nothing we have tasted before! Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Cerreto 2023

A delicate, weightless wine that seems to evaporate on the palate. The extraction is gentle and restrained, leaving the wine a pale gold with lifted aromas of floral blossom and white grapefruit pith, with just a hint of smokiness creeping through from the basalt bedrock. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Cerreto 2023 MAGNUM

A delicate, weightless wine that seems to evaporate on the palate. The extraction is gentle and restrained, leaving the wine a pale gold with lifted aromas of floral blossom and white grapefruit pith, with just a hint of smokiness creeping through from the basalt bedrock. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£49.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Crucella 2022

Old-school rusticity with of juicy, supple cherry fruit, rosewater and oozing charm. A world away from the more heavily tannic reds associated with this part of Italy. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Merlot & Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£27

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Antonio Gismondi
Foresta 2023

A beautiful copper-gold in the glass, with flavours of orange marmalade and pink grapefruit flecked with medicinal sage, spices and enlivening pith-y acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Trebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.50

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Malauva
Tierra! 2021

Vibrant and refreshing, packing layers of salt, citrus and fleshy white fruit with a nutty, brioche finish. Cloudy, fun and a just a little bit wild. Find out more.

  • Region Umbria, Italy
  • Grapes Procanico, Druppeggio, Verdello & Malvasia
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£26.25

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Bbirbiciù
Brasì 2022

The colour of a brick-tinged Nebbiolo in the glass, this singular red/white blend of Catarratto and Pignatello really captures the essence of this far-flung volcanic island. Packed full of dusty black fruit, floral cherry blossom, exotic spices and the twang of salinity that the Sirocco wind brings in on the breeze. Find out more.

  • Region Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Catarratto & Pignatello
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48.50

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Bbirbiciù
Testa di Ghiaca 2022

100% Zibibbo from 60 year-old bush vines fermented on the skins in amphora buried in the sandy volcanic soils of the vineyard. Find out more.

  • Region Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Zibibbo
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£44.50

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Fabio Ferracane
Foddreé 2023

An abundance of tangy sherbet lemon pithiness and chalky minerals to quench the thirst, with a balanced brioch-y undertone from the very present lees sediment. The frothy, finely-moussed bubbles and low finished alcohol make this the perfect aperitivo wine, particularly for those who embrace the cloudiness. Find out more.

  • Region Marsala, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Catarratto
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.75

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Le Coste
Bianco 2022

Straw yellow in the glass, this vintage is wonderfully light on its feet, with delicate notes of lemon zest, sea salt + minerals offering refreshment in spades. Find out more.

  • Region Gradoli, Lazio, Italy
  • Grapes Procanico, Malvasia, Roscetto, Pedino, Vermentino, Romanesco & Ansonica
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£35.50

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Arianna Occhipinti
SP68 Bianco 2024

An exotic wine full of musky perfume and salty ocean spray, so evocative of Sicily. Arianna is a superstars of the Sicilian scene and her wines never disappoint Find out more.

  • Region Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Zibibbo & Albanello
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£27

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Antonio Gismondi
Foresta 2023 MAGNUM

Deploying some grapes from a different site at lower altitude where the obscure pink-skinned Trebbiano Rosa varietal is planted over soils of heavy clay, this is the more robust and structured of Antonio's wines, whilst still retaining his trademark purity and freshness. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Trebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£49.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Fontana 2023

The only white Antonio makes as a direct-press, it shows a rounded, textural mouthfeel that is typical of the grape. Lemon and grapefruit citrus with riper stone fruits, a savoury, straw-like quality and a saline undertone, leading to green almond bitters in the finish. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Falanghina
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.50

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Camillo Donati
Malvasia Secco 2023

Rustic, hazy sparkling orange wine, the Malvasia leans to apricot marmalade, a herbal note adding to the intrigue. A failsafe wine we turn to again and again! Find out more.

  • Region Arola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£20

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Antonio Gismondi
È Festa 2022

A fine-beaded frizzante that pours a hazy gold in the glass, this very much takes the fleshy, textural peachiness of the varietal and sets it against the saltiness of both the lees contact and the limestone rock of the vineyard soils. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Falanghina
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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Fabio Ferracane
Macerato 2023

Sea-salted apricot, wild herbs and flowers float out of the glass, preceding chalky minerals, grippy, mouth-coating tannins and a resinous pine cone quality, flecked with medicinal sage and clove. Find out more.

  • Region Marsala, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Catarratto
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34

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Farnea
Emma 2023

Head, floral aromas of exotic lily, elderflower and tinned peaches. Neat tannins frame a refreshing, pulpy, textural body. A house favourite for good reason!. Find out more.

  • Region Colli Euganei, Veneto, Italy
  • Grapes Moscato Giallo & Bianco
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£30