Le Coste

Gradoli · Viterbo (VT)

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Established

2004

Gianmarco Antonuzi and Clémentine Bouveron

Yearly production

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estate (Gradoli / Alta Tuscia)

Location

Gradoli, province of Viterbo — the volcanic hills above Lake Bolsena in northern Lazio, near the Umbrian border

Viterbo (VT)

Vineyard area

14 ha

~14 ha of volcanic, iron- and mineral-rich soils sloping toward Lake Bolsena, some parcels densely planted up to ~10,000 vines/ha, including massale selections and ungrafted vines

Appellations

Lazio IGT

History

Le Coste was created from scratch in 2004 by Gianmarco Antonuzi and Clémentine Bouveron, who resurrected abandoned terraces in the village of Gradoli, in the volcanic Alta Tuscia of northern Lazio above Lake Bolsena. Working ancient, iron-rich volcanic soils with a viticultural history reaching back to the Etruscans, the couple built one of natural wine's most cult-followed estates.

Farming is biodynamic and radical: densely planted vineyards (up to ~10,000 vines per hectare), massale selections and ungrafted vines, hand harvest, and a gravity-fed cellar with no pumps. Fermentations are spontaneous with indigenous yeasts, whole-bunch (including for whites), with no additives and no added sulfur, aged mostly in fibreglass and neutral vessels.

The range shifts every year, built on local varieties — Procanico (Trebbiano), Roscetto, Aleatico and others — and released under humble names ('Rosso', 'Bianco', 'Litrozzo', 'Pizzicante', the Aleatico-based reds). The wines are rustic-sublime, transparent and site-driven, mostly bottled as Lazio IGT.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Rosso

Lazio IGT · Aleatico/Sangiovese and local reds

The estate red — a shifting field blend of Gradoli natives.

Bianco

Lazio IGT · Procanico (Trebbiano) / Roscetto

Whole-bunch, skin-contact volcanic white.

Litrozzo (Rosso / Bianco / Rosato)

Lazio IGT · local field blends

The joyful litre-bottle everyday wines, a natural-wine staple.

Aleatico

Lazio IGT · Aleatico

Dry and passito expressions of the aromatic Gradoli native.

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