Once again we have to deal with climate change. Remembering the warm May 2003 we have to face a huge heating. Especially in the field the work is pretty hard!

The growth of vegetation is rushing faster and faster and it looks like July situation.

But having said that, let’s work harder in order to protect plants and preserve quality.

 

In the vineyards buds selection is at the end. Deep soil tillage is necessary as we can maintain soil moisture and softness.

With this climate condition temperatures increased enabling perfect flowering and setting of the berry. Quantity is a lot which means to ensure the nutrients are focused on the growing fruits, pick out any weaker as early as possible.

 

In the olive orchards, a great flowering is booming as well as in the poplars. For this big plants we are tilling soil. Same process as per vines. We need a proper monitoring of Lepidoptera, an insect greedy for the wood.

Therefore, let us be guardians of the groves.

 

Crops are growing healthy and lush and finally in woodlands we go on and on restoring buildings and roads after the cutting.

 

In the cellar we have blended 2019 vintage and been decanting wine from the barrels.

Each barrels is under a strict cleaning protocol in order to avoid microbiological issues.

This is needed to protect from contamination and to have clean wines.

We have bottled new 2021 still rosè: in our eyes it is just  terrific!

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Tasting wines around people, attending events and exhibitions… lots of things taken as granted and unimaginable looking at the last two years.

Finallly there is the light at the end of the tunnel and world wine fairs are starting over.

Villa Saletta was at two of the most important: Anteprime Toscane and Vinitaly.

Anteprime di Toscana are large-scale Wine – events and take place in Florence once a year and include all the most important appellations of the region Toscana, best wineries and premiers of the new vintages.  Due to the pandemic, they have been taken place in March rather than in September. Villa Saletta was there with Chianti Superiore at Chianti Lovers events and with IGT Toscana at Altra Toscana.

We are so proud of our wines since we received top rates and scores by journalist and wine expert.

Vinitaly was also another good chance to showcase our range. It is the biggest events in Italy and many professionals are used to taste and to form good relations.

The result is very good and we are starting to spread out the range in other foreign countries.

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After a warm February that looked like Spring was in the air. We have been overwhelmed by a wintery, windy and cold March. The vegetation has stopped its growth for a little while and we can’t blame it. We could define it as a “Crazy weather” but we are aware that the fault isn’t in the climate but it’s just in the human being that handled the ground and its fruits without any discretion and heart.This is the result.

That’s the reason why here at Villa Saletta we are trying day by day with all our strength to build on a solid balance between production and environments and we are fully committed to carry on a virtuous ecosystem. Diversification of the different cultivation, keep in good health the woodland, use of renewable energies with a less impact, try to work the land in a natural way: these are some of the bases of our business philosophy.

In the vineyard we are living the reborn of the vegetation and we are proceeding with the soil preparation by processing it and with the deep manuring. These works are not only for the vines but also for  poplar and  olive trees. The green manure birth is slowly on going  but we are confident and certain that in a few weeks it will blossom and color in an incredible way our lands. In the vineyard we are starting with the new plants binding and the piling: we basically bind the new shoots to a support so they can grow strong and powerful.

We are not twiddling our thumbs in the cellar, like in the agriculture there’s always something to do. We are working on the filtration and we are creating the blends of the 2019.  that will be bottled in the second part of the year and that make us believe in a very good vintage.

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