Le Macchiole doesn't just produce great reds; in fact, the alter ego of Paleo is the White Paleo born in 1991. It is producedin extremely small quantities, made with Chardonnay and some Sauvignon Blanc. His strong characterMediterranean boasts equal parts intensity, flavor and depth. This is a wine that surprises, especially interms of aging capacity.PALEO WHITE | 2022CLIMATEThe year started with slightly higher than average temperaturesseasonal and little rain, factors that led to a late start of thepruning operations.
Spring started with slightly lower temperatures and continuedof the absence of significant rainfall.
All this caused extremely late budding (almost fourweeks compared to classic years), started in the first ten days of April, andcontinued with a slow growth of the shoots, until the last precipitationsignificant at the beginning of May.
From this moment on the absence of precipitation, combined with a rapid increasetemperatures, led to a rapid arrival of the flowering phase andsubsequent fruit setting.
The rapid succession of these two vegetative phases has almost completely canceled out themonth of delay during budding in spring.
The veraison was early, especially for the Chardonnay and SauvignonBlanc but, in part, also for Merlot.
The entire summer period was characterized by a prolonged absence of rain,which affected the size of the berries and led to irregular ripening.This made the exact identification of the era particularly complicatedcollection for each of the varieties requiring a greater number ofsampling and careful selection of parcels in order to unite the most areashomogeneous.
The 2022 harvest will certainly be remembered for its duration. Startedearly with Chardonnay on August 9th, it ended, almost a month and a halflater, on September 22nd with the Cabernet Sauvignon, thanks to the arrival of therains and a drop in temperatures starting from mid-August.The rains we had at this time of year contributed significantlyimportant to recover the vintage, allowing us to have good and excellent yieldsripening of all red grapes.DATA SHEETPaleo Bianco 2022: Toscana IGTFirst year of production: 1991Variety: 70% Chardonnay, 30% Sauvignon BlancVineyards: Casa Nuova 2009, Ulivino 2016Training system: simple guyotProduction per plant: 1200 g per plantHarvest: second week of AugustVinification: 10 days in barriquesAging: 8 months, 10% new barriques and tonneaux, 70% in second barriques,third and fourth passes, 20% steelBottling: 5 July 2023