CORATO (Province of Bari)
It was rainy during the winter and spring. Summer was hot, there was Scirocco wind (a hot wind that comes from the Sahara desert) in July.

Roberto Perrone Capano owner Azienda Agricola Santa Lucia (Castel del Monte DOC): “We managed to finish the harvest before the rains in October. We selected the clusters in the vineyard in order to obtain a high quality product. The average yield was 1,61 kgs/vine. Due to the rains the clusters were very large. Macerations with the skins were shorter this year, 30 hours against 50-55 hours of the previous vintages. We picked Fiano grapes at the end of August, Malbec between the 19-20t h of September and we finished the harvest with Uva di Troia on the 10t h of October.”

UGENTO (Southern Salento – Province of Lecce)
The winter was rainy, the weather was good up to June when it rained for two weeks. After that the weather was good up to the 20t h of September. It rained during the third decade of September.

Francesco Marra agronomist of Masserie Pisari (Salento IGT Rosso, Rosato and Primitivo): “This was a difficult vintage for those growers who did not carry out a careful vineyard management (high yields caused a poor ripening of polyphenols). At Masserie Pisari we had a good vineyard management with low yields (5 tons/hectare) that favoured a complete ripening of the polypyhenols. The quality of Primitivo is very good, Negroamaro did not have problems due to the rain thanks to its low yield. Primitivo grapes were picked aroung the 18t h -20t h September, Negroamaro grapes at the beginning of October. The wines have a good colour and good structure..”