MONTE COMPATRI (Frascati – Province of Rome): The winter was mild. The springtime was rainy. It was not very hot in the summer, except for a couple of weeks between the end of July and the beginning of August. There were rains (which is very unusual in this area).

Lorenzo Costantini owner of the homonymous estate (Frascati Superiore DOCG, Lazio Rosso IGT): “ …vineyard management was careful, we deleafed the vines in order to air the clusters as there was a lot of canopy. We picked a bit earlier in order to avoid rain..This year we had a higher grape yield. The aromatics of the wines are good, the acidity is excellent (high acidity is unusual in this area), the alcohol strength is slightly lower. The wines are well balanced. We picked the early varietals (Greco, Malvasia del Lazio) starting on the 15th of September for three-four days. We picked the late varietals (Trebbiano, Malvasia di Candia) from the 4th till the 20th of October. We picked the red varietals after the whites. We picked Sauvignon Blanc, Petit Verdot and Syrah (for the IGT/proprietary wines “Borgo del Cedro) at the beginning of September….”