The climatic trend shows the typical characteristics of the best Brunello with rainy winter and spring that have hydrated the soil, very hot July that has blocked a vegetative development determining a reduced size of the grapes, August with thunderstorms alternating with hot days, September with very strong thermal variation between night and day that have favoured the synthesis of perfumes.

A script that repeats itself for all the great vintages of Brunello and seems to show that global warming is an authentic luck for the Montalcino vineyard because it multiplies the five-star vintages and raises the quality level to highs never reached in the past.

CLIMATE OF THE YEAR 2015

2015 will be remembered for its capricious climate that in the south of Tuscany, spared Montalcino, but did huge damage all around: in Torrita on July 5, hailstones as big as oranges, destroyed roofs and cars, on August 24, the flood of the river Arbia brought water to museums, houses, shops and even the theatre, a real disaster.

MONTALCINO AND ITS EXCELLENT HARVEST 2015

Montalcino seemed to have divine protection and the grapes arrived at the harvest in perfect conditions.
In fact on September 14th when our wine consultant Valerie Lavigne arrived, the grapes were almost ready for harvesting and presented in the best way. Valerie had with her an exceptional guest, the headmaster of the Bordeaux oenology faculty Denis Dubourdieu one of the most powerful and feared men in the wine world. …

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