In Maremma 2018 was a year full of contrasts characterized by a spring with above-normal rainfall and decidedly anomalous temperatures also for the Maremma. The repeated storms on the one hand mitigated the effects of the 2017 drought (replenishing the water reserves of the soil) on the other hand this condition of high water availability involved us considerably both in the containment of weeds, and in the management of vegetation and phytosanitary treatments. A year that certainly put the winery and countryside organization to the test.

If in the 2017 vintage the mission was to keep the largest number of leaves on the plant in 2018, the green interventions were aimed at obtaining a microclimate of the ideal bunch that was ventilated but not directly exposed to the sun's rays. The phenological phases (budding, flowering and fruit set) had an overall regular course and the good water reserves gave rise to a satisfactory production with a decidedly higher weight of the bunches than in previous years. The vineyards thus gave us perhaps less concentrated but very balanced and expressive grapes.