2022 is widely considered a hot vintage for large parts of the north and centre of Italy, but when Silvia Altare called it an annus horribilis, she was referring to the drought rather than the intense heat the Langhe experienced in that year. It had already begun back in 2021 with a long period of very little rainfall, followed by a winter with virtually no snow; by the start of the growing cycle in 2022, there were no water reserves left for the...
Barolo 2022 – vintage report
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