Annual rainfall
612 mm
Nearly all of it between November and February. It does not rain in summer, and every decision assumes that.
§ 04 — The terroir
Three metres of iron and sand.
Terroir usually gets talked about as one thing. Here it is three: the sand that drains within the hour, the iron-rich clay that holds water into July, and the sea that drops the temperature by thirteen degrees at six in the evening.
§ 04.1
Four readings
Estate weather station, 2015 — 2025 averages.
Days above 35 °C
31
It was 18 in 2015. This is the number that made us move pruning and rethink canopy height.
August day–night swing
13,4 °C
The evening sea breeze arrives at six and cools the bunches: that is what keeps the acidity up.
Distance to the sea
0,8 km
At the lowest parcel. Salt settles on the leaves by late summer, and you taste it in the glass.
§ 04.2
The six parcels
Each with its own altitude, age and problems.
Parcel — Sèrrone
Sèrrone
- Surface
- 3,4 ha
- Altitude
- 232 m
- Exposure
- South-west
- Grape
- Gaglioppo
- Planted
- 1961
- Soil
- Iron-rich clay, limestone skeleton
The oldest vines on the estate, bush-trained. Picked by hand into 15 kg crates because no tractor fits between the rows.
Bottled as
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