The Year the Clay Was Needed
A month earlier the same wine had been drunk in its most difficult year. This was the other one — the hot, dry summer the Galatrona vineyard was planted for. A half bottle, at the end of a long evening.
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The Wrong Grape in the Wrong Year
In Tuscany's 2014, it rained for twenty-one days in July and Merlot was the variety that suffered most. Galatrona is one hundred percent Merlot. Six years later it was leaner than usual, and better for it.