2025 Unico Zelo Terra Cotta Greco

Unico Zelo's most full-on orange wine: Riverland Greco fermented on skins in amphora, with fine grip and a salty, citrus snap.

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Could this be the most interesting skin-contact wine that Laura Carter has ever made? While lovers of the Esoterico may be up in arms, this Greco done in amphora is pretty fly for a white (or orange?!) wine.

Laura and Brendan Carter built Unico Zelo around Italian grapes that thrive in tough Australian conditions, and Greco from the Riverland's red, iron-rich sands (hence the name) is a perfect fit. Greco's calling cards are phenolics and acidity. For 2025 it spent 10 days on skins until dry, split between amphora and stainless steel, then was racked off lees for 12 months in steel.

Funny thing - same recipe as last year, but the 2025 has come out more copper than terracotta, and a touch leaner too. Think golden apple, white peach, ruby grapefruit and a tangerine zing, with firm, fine tannins and a salty, spritely line of acid. A properly grippy, energetic orange wine with the structure that makes skin-contact Greco so good.

Customer Reviews

For those who have enjoyed Unico’s ‘dip a toe’ Orange wine Esoterico this is certainly more of a ‘graceful cannonball in the deep end’ style of orange/skin contact wine. Unashamably orange in all it’s glory. In fact recently someone asked me “have you got anything more Orangey from Unico?” Step up Terra Cotta Greco.

Tasting Note
“Structurally, we’re super into this release – the tannin is a little firmer and fine, and that acid focus has done wonders here; it’s spritely and salty as we love from Riverland wines. Colour-wise, it’s not quite as overtly orange as it was last year, leaning more towards copper than, ahem, terracotta – continuing to surprise us every year this grape, as we did nothing differently. Flavour-wise, it’s a leaner spectrum than the last vintage: chock full of golden apples, white peach, ruby grapefruit and tangerine tang” – Unico Zelo

Winemaking
Fermented on skins until dry (10 days) in a blend of Amphora & Stainless steel. Racked off lees and matured in stainless steel for 12 months.

“Named Terra Cotta for the colour of the dirt that it’s grown in, but now we’ve experimented with fermentation in our Amphora. Phenolics and acidity are Greco’s two claims to fame, and when made with extended skin contact, can take a variety that’s primarily used for blending in Campagnia and transform it into a compelling and complex wine” – Unico Zelo

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Amber
Body Full Bodied
Variety Greco
Country Australia
Region Riverland
Australian State SA
Feature Women in Wine
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure Cork

Unico Zelo

Unico Zelo is the Adelaide Hills winery of Brendan and Laura Carter, one of the most dynamic duos in Australian wine. The name means 'unique zeal', and while it sounds Italian, the Carters are proudly Australian producers out to give Mediterranean grapes a true Australian identity.

They started the business in 2012. Brendan studied oenology and viticulture and made wine with S.C. Pannell, Jacob's Creek and G.D. Vajra. Laura came up through Henschke's lab and cellars after a trip around Italian wineries got her hooked on how food, culture and wine connect.

Grapes are picked to suit the climate - hardy, drought-tolerant varieties that need little water or chemical help - with fruit from the Clare Valley, Riverland and Adelaide Hills. It's all made with a light touch in a 1920s coldstore in Gumeracha, with texture front of mind.

In 2019 they became, by their account, the first Australian winery certified as a B Corp. Brendan was named the 2026 Wine Communicator of the Year for bringing a younger crowd to wine.

Playful, honest and made for drinking, these are wines for the people, and we love them for it.

Founders Brendan & Laura Carter Discover Unico Zelo

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