Pesolillo, Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2025

Why we love this bottle

Pesolillo is a small family estate in Abruzzo. Domenico and Carmela started with one vineyard plot on Monte Rotondo. Their vines face the Adriatic, about two kilometres from the coast, at 250 metres. This land used to be seabed, and the soil is full of minerals. Everything has been farmed organically since 2015, with as little intervention as possible. We love it because you can taste the sea breeze in the glass.

Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo is the local rosé, made from Montepulciano, the red grape of Abruzzo. It has so much colour in its skins that the juice only needs a short contact to turn deep pink. Until 2010, Cerasuolo was officially just a style of Montepulciano. Now it has its own name. Cherry, strawberry and raspberry. Juicy, fresh and with a little grip. A rosé you can drink all year round.