| Spring |
|  On the Tuscan coast nature reawakens early.
It is already warmer in the second half of March, and the almond trees are the first to fill with blossom.
owever, for the winemaker each spring begins with apprehension; the mild climate may hide the snares of frosts, which can arrive here with the icy fury of the north and north-east winds, and which in a single day can burn up the tender shoots of the vine.
A few weeks are enough for the winds to stop bringing such cold currents, and then the shoots open and the first small leaves grow.
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| Summer |
|  On the Tuscan coast it is already very hot at the beginning of summer.
The vine flowers (not all of them, it depends on the way the season is going) give birth to the first fruit, tiny and hard light green balls that slowly become ever larger.
The vines grow vigorously, thanks to the sun and the water that has built up in the soil during the cooler seasons.
The shoots lengthen and produce a wall of leaves.
The winemaker must channel this energy, however, giving it a balance and pointing it towards the most important result – the production of high quality grapes.
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| Autumn |
 September is still a hot month on the Tuscan coast.
The weather in August and September is fundamental for a vintage year.
The winemaker reads the signs of the weather to understand how he will have to carry out his work.
Apart from disasters, where all or part of the grapes may be lost (fortunately rare), differences from year to year are not necessarily negative.
The great fascination of wine lies in the fact that it is a living product, which, in the glass, recounts its own tale, the lands it is from, the hand that made it, and the vintage year to which it belongs. A wine that is always the same, perfect each year, is a dead wine, fruit of the Law of the Single Flavour and the uniformity of the market.
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| Winter |
 In winter on the Tuscan coast, when the weather is good, the light is always intense and the climate mild and pleasant.
Calm days are, however, interspersed by rain or by days marked by a cold and powerful wind. These are the few moments of the year when it’s better to be indoors.
The vine is already stripped bare, the leaves having fallen in the second half of autumn. The vines are at rest and it is the moment for pruning. Plant by plant the shoots of the previous year must be cut off, leaving some buds to give birth to new shoots.
This is a task requiring long experience and great ability. Pruning is decisive for the balance that the vine has to reach during production, determining the quality of the grape.
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