De Fermo 'Concrete' Rosato 2023
Produced exclusively from Montepulciano, this wine—effectively a “baby Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo”—offers immense charm and ease of use, with clean, tangy, juicy fruit, mouthwateringly saline minerality, and plenty of drive. It is straightforward without being simple—a tough feat to pull off as well as this wine does. This gets its glowing ruby hue from a brief two-hour maceration, after which it is pressed gently using an old manual screw-press and aged six months entirely in 20-hectoliter concrete tanks (hence the name). Like all of the estate’s wines, this is bottled without fining of filtration, and with a bare minimum of added sulfur.