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.

However, 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.

Slowly but surely the vineyard fills with new shoots and leaves, which man’s hand guides between the supporting wires. The temperature climbs steadily and at the end of May people take a first dip in the sea. Towards the middle or the end of June, the vine flowers, but it is a discreet flowering, with tiny white blooms.

This is also the time in which the various plant diseases develop, and so it is vital to pay attention to any first signs, monitoring and intervening in a suitable way, if you want to reach the vintage.

In the cellar the last two years continue their slow refinement, and the work never stops for a moment - decanting, filling, tasting …..