Lazio

Lazio

Home to Rome, the Eternal City, Lazio has kept the Roman table supplied with wine for two thousand years.

The volcanic activity that shaped the Colli Albani and Lake Bolsena left behind free-draining tufa and volcanic ash, giving the whites — Frascati above all — a flinty minerality and an appealing touch of bitterness.

In recent years the indigenous black grape Cesanese has been rediscovered as the red of Rome, and small-scale growers are emerging one after another across hills lined with umbrella pines.

Carbonara, porchetta, abbacchio — the true measure of Lazio is the generosity with which its wines have carried the robust flavours of Roman cooking for two millennia. Enjoy the gift of these ancient volcanoes at your own table.