2014 Le Macchiole Messorio Rosso IGT Volume:Default Title The hot early summer temperatures

The hot early summer temperatures brought an early growth of the plants and the small difference between night and day temperatures led to a fast ripening of the early grape varieties in late August

were irregular and included days in which nothing was harvested

It is pleasantly salty and minerally

In our opinion Grenache is the variety that is most suited to the marginal soils and warm climate of the Barossa Valley

It may have been torrid at times

2014 Le Macchiole Messorio Rosso IGT Volume:Default Title The hot early summer temperaturesIt was a very challenging year, with cool temperatures and a great number of rainy days. Therefore, the vineyard work was aimed at protecting the vines and grapes from diseases: attentive and ongoing canopy management, careful green harvesting and exploiting the hours of sunlight and heat, this years missing ingredients, as efficiently as possible. Therefore, vineyard management operations, which usually end in mid July, extended through the whole