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| Lionel after the svinatura |
Despite the long and unexpected vague de chaleur that has characterized the month of July, the weather in August and September reduced the speed of the ripening, allowing us to have a great, essentially simple, harvest.
As it always happens in an apparently good vintage, the general trend - stirred up by the press - brings enthusiasm, maybe going too far with the forecasts.
There wasn't too much alcohol in the fruits, which alone makes the 2015 a promising millesime. We collected at less than 15° and then we started the «natural vinification», appreciating the richness of the phenolic maturities.
As usual we pressed the grapes softly, in order to protect the vin de coulée, and made a cold maceration, which has regularly provided great advantages in terms of freshness and fruitiness.
All the malolactic fermentations were completed before the racking with no relevant complications.
The Merlot was exemplar in his pattern with a perfect evolution.
Here's the photo movie of the harvest days and here's what we wrote about last year's vendanges.
