De Martino, Gallardia Cinsault, 2022

De Martino’s Italian heritage is on display in this consummately gustatory red. Baked red fruit—strawberries and cherries—jostle with moist earth, sun-warmed bricks and air-dried salami. It’s begging to be drunk with an al fresco lunch, even before you take a sip. Medium-bodied, succulent and soft, this sits somewhere between Côtes du Rhône and Sangiovese, with its modest alcohol, fresh acidity and gentle tannin melding into a harmonious whole. 100% Cinsault from dry-farmed, ungrafted gobelet-trained vines, grown on granite soils 22km from the Pacific Ocean.