{"title":"Wines for Autumn","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow that Autumn has definitely arrived, we thought it time to put together a selection of natural wines fit for the season. Rich, comforting, warming, aromatic, sensual: these are the bottles we reach for at this time of year.\u003c\/span\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"simon-busser-a-bras-le-cot","title":"À Bras Le Cot NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eStaple house red - make sure there's always one to hand! It's Côt (AKA Malbec) from younger vines that mixes multiple vintages, all of which are matured in big old barrels. The resulting blend sees this woody influence gently integrated into the wine leaving plenty of room for freshness and minerality to keep it all in balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a real crowd-pleaser in style - big, baked fruits with that dark and spicy character and at a price that makes it even more approachable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon Busser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523354202342,"sku":"GER-BUSS-COT","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/BUSSERCOT13ED-Reliance-Laptop.jpg?v=1658928246"},{"product_id":"les-hautes-terres-josephine-cremant-de-limoux-nv","title":"'Joséphine' Crémant de Limoux NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis natural wine is a 'brut nature', the driest category for sparkling wine meaning no sugar remains. The wine is blended with other vintages aged for 9 months in barrels before going into the bottle, which gives the wine its characteristic, rich and faintly oxidative character. The fruit is still fresh pear and apple, with some deeper notes of dried stone fruit too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is left on its lees in the bottle for 2 years before being disgorged, leaving the wine crystal clear but with that salty depth and complexity the technique imparts. For our money one of the best value natural crémants out there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Hautes Terres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43014471712998,"sku":"CAV-HAUT-JOSEPH","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/LESHAUTESTERRESJOSEPHINECREMANTDELIMOUXNV12.5_ED.jpg?v=1658755402"},{"product_id":"orsi-san-vito-posca-rossa","title":"Posca Rossa NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ‘NV’ in the description stands for ‘non-vintage’, meaning that thin natural wine is made from the product of more than one single year. Federico has made what he calls his ‘perpetual cuvée’ - a natural wine that slowly changes and evolves over time. The idea is a little like a simplified version of the Solera system used in Spanish sherry-making. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach year wine is added to a tank that already contains wine from up to ten previous vintages; wine is then bottled from that tank roughly every six weeks throughout the year with wine taken from all the available vessels in the cellar to top it up again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext vintage more new wine is added to the tank, and so the process continues. This results in leathery, spicy, developed notes from the older wine as well as a lively, fresh acidity from the younger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine will also display subtle differences depending on which bottling it comes from - check the back of the label to see when yours is dated. Always different, always the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orsi San Vito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43014475612390,"sku":"TUT-ORSI-ROSSA","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/ORSISANVITOPOSCAROSSA13.5_ED.jpg?v=1658778061"},{"product_id":"bonneton-suspens","title":"L'Alezan 'Suspens' 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA blend of equal parts Marsanne \u0026amp; Roussane from a steep single-hectare parcel just a stone's throw from Sainte-Épine. As such, this wine displays the qualities you might find in great white Saint-Joseph and the vines – planted by Patricia \u0026amp; Remi in 2015 – grow over the same sandy granite soils, with the additional presence of loess, which helps steer the wine towards being ready to drink in its youth.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s a powerful, textured white wine with a robust, chiselled structure, the ripe, curvy stone fruits and anise spices balanced with a distinct mineral clarity. A unique, terroir-driven wine from the fringes of an iconic region, produced in tiny quantities and built to go the distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe grapes were harvested together and directly pressed into tank to start fermentation. After being racked off the gros lees it was moved to amphora where it rested for one year, then was bottled in 2023 with no additions. Drinking very well now, with superb ageing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166849532134,"sku":"WAY-ALEZ-SUSPENS22","price":46.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/BonnetonSuspens22.jpg?v=1731585050"},{"product_id":"lo-petit-fantet-d-hippolyte-corbieres-rouge","title":"'Lo Petit Fantet d’Hippolyte' Corbières Rouge 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetit Fantet speaks of the scorched heat of this part of the Languedoc; as you’d expect, the final level of alcohol is high, but there is freshness and acidity to provide balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of dark kirsch and raspberry fruit, with a waft of wild herbs, earth and dense, compact tannins. A great wine for with rustic cuisine - sausages, lentils, mature cheeses and deep, dark, black olive-flecked stews. The kind of fuller-bodied red that keeps everyone around the table happy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ollieux Romanis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43520972161254,"sku":"CAV-PETIT-FAN-ROUGE-24","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/OLLIEUXROMANISLOPETITFANTETD_HIPPOLYTE14_2020ED_e0125d64-9ec1-423c-82a2-0020b214359b.jpg?v=1668008782"},{"product_id":"pierre-borel-clos-de-pavee-bourgueil","title":"'Clos de Pavée' Bourgueil 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a young, crunchy Bourgueil full of bright cranberry and cherry fruit and plenty of the herbaceous capsicum notes you'd expect from the grape. Highly fragrant with charred green pepper on the nose and the finish leads to bitter dark chocolate. A really delicious, fresh expression of Bourgueil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre has changed the process up a little with the 2021 vintage, now opting for an 80\/20 blend of de-stemmed maceration and whole bunch carbonic, keeping the overall tannic structure fine. Élevage now follows the same ratios, the larger number being raised in fibreglass cuve and the smaller in a collection of old, used barriques that Pierre has recently acquired, introducing a rounder feel to the finished wine. The grapes, as ever, come from the young vines of Cabernet Franc planted over gravelly limestone in the beautiful walled clos that gives the wine its name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pierre Borel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43641361858790,"sku":"WAY-BOR-BORG-21","price":24.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/BORELCLOSDEPAVEE2021.jpg?v=1677249500"},{"product_id":"estezargues-cuvee-des-galets","title":"Cuvée des Galets 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eGo-to Rhone blend at a price that makes having real, natural wine on your table an everyday option. Syrah and Grenache, meaning spicy aromas and lots of juicy red fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstézargues Is a cooperative of winemakers working around the Gard, the difference being that each member is working organically, thus creating an affordable wine that is made with no industrial methods. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Estézargues","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43757954924774,"sku":"CAV-ESTA-GALETS-22","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/CuveedesGalets2023.jpg?v=1759224547"},{"product_id":"frederick-cossard-bourgogne-blanc-bigotes","title":"Bourgogne Blanc Bigotes 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eChardonnay from forty year old vines planted over clay and limestone near the village of Puligny, pressed directly to concrete eggs for a year of élevage. This has everything we love about Burgundian Chardonnay, possessing great balance, chalky minerals, gorgeous stone fruits and a clean, salty finish. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frédéric Cossard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43943193641190,"sku":"TUT-COSS-BIGOTES-BLANC-21","price":52.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/COSSARDBIGOTES202013_ed_f35238cf-cae2-4c9a-953a-b26c4c7bcc80.jpg?v=1697025258"},{"product_id":"orsi-san-vito-posca-bianca","title":"Posca Bianca NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ‘NV’ in the description stands for ‘non-vintage’, meaning that the wine is made from the product of more than one single year. Federico has made what he calls his ‘perpetual cuvée’ - a wine that slowly changes and evolves over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea is a little like a simplified version of the Solera system used in Spanish sherry-making. Each year wine is added to a tank that already contains wine from up to ten previous vintages; wine is then bottled from that tank roughly every six weeks throughout the year with wine taken from all the available vessels in the cellar to top it up again. Next vintage more new wine is added to the tank, and so the process continues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis results in fresh, zesty notes from the young Pignoletto, and savoury, nutty notes from the Pignoletto that has had more time to mature in the tank. The wine will also display subtle differences depending on which bottling it comes from - check the back of the label to see when yours is dated. Always different, always the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orsi San Vito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45209687163110,"sku":"TUT-POSCA-BIANCO-DEC","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/ORSISANVITOPOSCABIANCO12.5_EDagain.jpg?v=1664552710"},{"product_id":"camillo-donati-lambrusco","title":"Lambrusco 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur best-priced sparkling red! Donati does it again - crowned with an inviting purple froth in the glass this is what proper Lambrusco should taste like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDry, for a start - forget the sickly style that has given this often stunning regional wine a bad name - and bursting with bloody, mineral forest fruits. A glass of this with a plate of salumi is one of the finest aperitivo out there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camillo Donati","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45243223539942,"sku":"CAV-DONATI-LAMB-24","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/DonatiLambrusco2023.jpg?v=1724704015"},{"product_id":"la-stoppa-trebbiolo","title":"Trebbiolo 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of our go-to bottles when we want a decent vino de tavola to accompany a hearty feast of rich Emilia-style cuisine. There is something about the wine from this part of Italy - the savoury character, the high acidity - that makes it such a gastronomic wine as it really cuts through fatty, powerful flavours so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrebbiolo is a blend of Barbera and the lesser-known Bonarda. These are local varietals that were replanted here in Piacenza when Elena Pantaeoni took over in the 90s, removing the international varietals that were planted there instead. The wine has a long maceration to extract lots of spicy, sweet leather and rustic tannins from the grapes, but is raised entirely in steel which preserves a certain verve and freshness. Barbera always bursts with red fruits and that racy line of acidity will slice through even the fattiest cut of salumi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Stoppa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45458208719078,"sku":"CAVE- STOPPA-TREBBIOLO-23","price":24.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/LaStoppaTrebbiolo2023.jpg?v=1756155927"},{"product_id":"sui-lieviti-2021-copy","title":"Sui Lieviti 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eA huge house favourite when it comes to sparkling wine here at Cave Wayward, so look no further if you seek a recommendation. ‘Sui Lieviti' roughly translates as ‘on lees’, meaning that all of the grape must that starts the second fermentation in-bottle is left exactly where it is, leading to the wine’s sandy haze and salinity in flavour. We absolutely love this style (also known as Col Fondo) and urge you to give it a try if you’re not already familiar. The Pignoletto is an undervalued grape of Emilia-Romagna but here it shows its potential; zesty lemons with a savoury depth. Rustic, unpolished fizz that will make run-of-the-mill Prosecco look positively boring in comparison. Next time you rustle up a fritto misto (or even if you’re just heading to the chippy) look no further for partnership perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orsi San Vito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54882174468478,"sku":"TUT-ORSI-SUI-22","price":26.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ORSISANVITOSUILIEVITI201912.5_ED_8d778497-8759-44b1-a086-235ae3a5f2cd.jpg?v=1687348188"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-briand","title":"Cuvée Briand 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eA perfectly nourishing, Ardéchoise expression of Grenache that we'd happily drink day after day. 2024 sees an abundance of blackcurrant fruit right upfront, giving way to those typically herb-flecked notes of liquorice root, fennel and clove. The acidity gives some welcome, angular attack, and as the generous fruits fall back it reveals a mineral undertow of charcoal and stone, something we've found to become more pronounced in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt continues the run of form of wines from the last couple of vintages with their propensity for youthful drinking. To us, it is in many ways the perfect bistro wine – affordable enough to put on the table without to much fanfare, yet quietly overperforming and drinking well with just about anything you care to pair it with. A bottle to reach for time and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with all of Gerald’s red wines, the grapes go into tank as whole bunches to go through carbonic maceration, then are gently pressed ten days later. After a relatively short rest, the wine was then bottled in April 2025 with strictly no additions at any stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55878965789054,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-BRIAND-24","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Cuvee_Briand.jpg?v=1739370304"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-les-thorins-moulin-a-vent-2023","title":"Moulin-à-Vent 'Les Thorins' 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe darkest, most brooding and structured of Elisa's cuvées, introducing elements of barrel ageing. 'Les Thorins' is a single 1.5 hectare plot of 60 year-old vines in Moulin-à-Vent, planted over a very specific soil type known locally as 'gorrha' - a dusty, iron-rich mix of decomposed granite, quartz sands and clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue to the expression of the cru, there is an elegant muscularity on display, with dark red fruits and spice intermingling over a rusty mineral streak. Despite a slightly cooler 2023, it nevertheless radiates power and density, with a rounded, silken mouthfeel. Everything to suggest that this wine will develop very nicely over the coming years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a 14-day whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration in concrete, the grapes at the bottom of the tank being crushed under the weight of those at the top. Bearing the boldest structure of all of Elisa's cru wines, she carries out three pump-overs in this time. After pressing, 80% of the wine remained in concrete and 20% was transferred to old 220-litre oak barrels for 10 months of élevage, before bottling without filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55919457403262,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-THORINS-23","price":33.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ElisaGuerinLesThorins2023.jpg?v=1761322050"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-champ-de-coeur-moulin-a-vent","title":"Moulin-à-Vent 'Champ de Cour' 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eA special cuvée made only in exceptional years, of which 2023 was deemed to be in this part of Beaujolais. 'Champ de Cour' is a single small parcel at just 0.4 hectares that ordinarily serves as a component of '\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/products\/elisa-guerin-la-vigne-de-mon-pere-moulin-a-vent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLa Vigne de Mon Pere\u003c\/a\u003e'. Here we see a hyper-specific expression of terroir, this parcel singled out to make its own unique wine owing to its sandy decomposed granite soils having a high content of the manganese minerals - something closely associated with fine structure and ageability of wines from this cru. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most delicately-extracted of all her Moulin-à-Vent wines, here we have beautifully elevated floral aromas coiling around spices of peppercorn and capsicum flesh, with a pronounced petrichor minerality. Sleek and plush across the palate, pretty red and black fruits tail into an elegant finish of iron and wet stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom massal selection vines between 40 and 70 years of age, grapes were placed in large concrete tanks so go through a semi-carbonic maceration over a fortnight, the weight of the grapes at the top crushing those at the bottom of the tank and with just a couple of punch-downs towards the end of fermentation. It was then pressed off, half into old 220-litre barrels and half into fibreglass cuve to rest for 10 months, with no filtration before bottling. Only 1300 bottles made in total.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55919471690110,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-CHAMP-23","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ElisaGuerinChampdeCoeur.jpg?v=1761321852"},{"product_id":"arpepe-rosso-di-valtellina","title":"Rosso di Valtellina 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eYou may be more familiar with the muscular Nebbiolo of Barolo or Barbaresco - see what happens to Nebbiolo here in Valtellina. Pale, pure, elegant and nuanced, evocative of a fine French Burgundy, yet something totally unique that can only be the product of this specific location. An absolute house favourite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eWe’re interested in wine with that all important ‘sense of place’ - if you want to really understand that term then this is a good wine to help you do so, it’s how we learned too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e Valtellina is in a valley in the extreme north of Italy: Lombardy. The sides of the valley slope steeply upwards and eventually turn into the snow-capped mountains of the Swiss Alps, to give you an idea of altitude and climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eFor grapes to grow well here the vineyards need to take advantage of these steep South-facing slopes so that the grapes can be bathed in as much light as possible for the entire duration of the day, otherwise they simply wont ripen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eThe grapes undergo a long, gentle maceration in tini, before being pressed off to big old chestnut casks until the following Spring. Fruit forward, pretty and perfumed, this is a perfect introduction to the Mountain Nebbiolo this family does so well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ar.Pe.Pe.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55927338467710,"sku":"TUT-ARPEPE-ROSSO-23","price":35.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ArpepeRossodiValtellina2023.jpg?v=1760372320"},{"product_id":"mazel-cuvee-paulou-magnum","title":"Cuvée Paulou 2024 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnum bottling of the second vintage of the Oustric’s latest cuvée to the ranks, which is sure to delight just as much as it did upon its debut. From vines much younger than the other long-established reds of the domaine, it is a recent planting of Cinsault that transmits vigour and youthful energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut through the usual carbo treatment for 10 days as whole bunches, it shows an attractive vivid ruby in the glass and aromas give off those dusty dry spices so typical of the grape. Crackling with a bright, nervy energy, the fruits have a pleasing balance of tart raspberry and plum. There is something iron-rich and bloody at its core and the mineral imprint of the limestone can be felt distinctly in the finish. Reflecting a cooler vintage, a lower finished alcohol keeps things incredibly breezy and bright. A wine we would happily drink forevermore...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56580581261694,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-PAULOU-MAG","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Paulou_Magnum_2023.jpg?v=1763463267"},{"product_id":"gismondi-foresta-magnum","title":"Foresta 2024 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagnum bottling! Blending grapes from different altitudes - the obscure pink-skinned Trebbiano Rosa varietal planted over clay at the bottom of the valley alongside Malvasia di Candia from the volcanic soils at around 600m. This year Antonio has taken on a new parcel of Trebbiano which joins the mix. Co-fermented on the skins over 2 weeks in open topped tanks before being pressed off to steel for a short rest, then bottled in the spring with no additions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpressing this alternate terroir, there is a little more weight and density that marks a clear distinction from the strictly elevated wines, following through to a more prominent tannic framework. A beautiful golden amber in the glass, aromatics mix pithy citrus with more savoury notes of woody spices and herbs. There are flavours of sage-flecked bitter orange marmalade and sweet clementine with an enlivening wire of acidity. The most 'orange' of Antonio's macerated whites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antonio Gismondi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56590515700094,"sku":"WAY-GIS-FORESTA-MAG-24","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Antonio_Gismondi_Foresta_Magnum.jpg?v=1747758310"},{"product_id":"gismondi-foresta","title":"Foresta 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlending grapes from different altitudes - the obscure pink-skinned Trebbiano Rosa varietal planted over clay at the bottom of the valley alongside Malvasia di Candia from the volcanic soils at around 600m. This year Antonio has taken on a new parcel of Trebbiano which joins the mix. 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