“Two thousand-nineteen was a tricky vintage,” General Manager Carlo Paoli told me. “We had some frost in the spring, which forced us to use the secondary buds. Naturally smaller bunches and looser clusters resulted in yields that are down by about 20%, especially in the plains, where vineyards were most affected. The rest of the reason was pretty uneventful, with good diurnal shifts at the end. Because of the challenges in spring, the 2019 is a rare Sassicaia that is less than 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, while the Franc is higher than normal.”
