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Cab Franc Chronicles - Your source for all things Cabernet Franc! -------------------- Analysis and commentary of the Le Macchiole, 2017 Paleo Rosso, Bolgheri (IGT Toscana), Italy. Established in 1983, Le Macchiole is one of Bolgheri's pioneering wineries. Today, Cinzia Merli, wife of the late Eugenio Campolmi, and their two sons run the estate. They have 34ha of organically farmed vineyards. The estate is one of the first in the region to champion single-varietal wines, with their Messorio (100% Merlot) and their Scrio (100% Syrah), both introduced in 1994. But the Paleo Rosso remains the estate's flagship wine, with the first vintage being 1989. In the beginning, this wine was Cabernet Sauvignon based, and over time, they saw how well their Cabernet Franc was performing in their vineyards, and it was transitioned to 100% Cabernet Franc in 2001. Bolgheri's viticultural history dates back to the 7th century BCE, when the ancient Etruscan civilization that established viticultural practices here long before the Greeks and the Romans. Despite these ancient origins, serious agricultural activities weren't really established here until the 1600s. Later, with the onset of phylloxera, bouts of downy and powdery mildew in the late 1800s, virtually all viticulture and winemaking activities disappeared. In the 1930s, Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta, uncle of Marchese Piero Antinori, arrives to the region and later introduced the Bordeaux varieties here and he planting his first vineyard at Tenuta San Guido in the early 1940s. Not too long after, the wine, Sassicaia, was born. Thanks to the success of wines like Sassicaia, Ornellaia and others, in 1994 the DOC rules were updated to include protections for red wines made with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Rapid expansion of the vineyard area in the region soon followed, and today the region has 1370ha under vine. Cabernet Franc is the 3rd most planted grape variety, behind Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, accounting for approximately 16% of plantings, which is about 250ha. But in recent years, Cabernet Franc is showing great resilience in the face of the climate change performing better in warmer vintages than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. And since 2014, Cabernet Franc plantings have increased by 60%, versus a decrease in plantings of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, a decrease of about 16% and 9% respectively. Bolgheri is situated about 40km south of the city of Livorno. It is bordered to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and to the east by the Colline Metalifere, which is a series of hills that create a natural amphitheatre and a landscape that gently slopes west towards the coast, which catches the cool breezes from the sea and cools the Mediterranean microclimate. Vineyard elevations range from about 10m to about 200m. The soils vary by elevation and the proximity to the sea, and there are variations in texture from very sandy in some pockets closer to the coast at lower elevations, to sandy-clays on terraces between 20m to 135m, and more silty-clays on the higher elevation areas. Le Macchiole has 9.5ha of Cabernet Franc vines planted across 5 vineyard sites. The Paleo Rosso is coming from a selection of 5.5ha from three vineyard sites, Casanuova, Vignone and Puntone. These vineyards are about 6km east of the coast, at an elevation of about 32 to 40m a.s.l., and the sites all have west-facing exposures. Vines were planted between 1998 and 2009. Their soils have a sandy-clay texture, and a higher percentage of fossilized marine sediments. Winemaking: hand-harvested and destemmed fruit. Fermentation is done with selected yeast in concrete, with the fermentation temperatures between 20 and 25C. The total time on skins is about 20 days. The finished wine is a combination of free run wine, plus some press wine. Aging takes place in 100% new French oak barrels for 18 months. 0:00 Intro/Overview 0:56 Paleo Rosso origins 1:21 Bolgheri - history 3:25 Bolgheri - grape varieties 4:25 Bolgheri - location and growing environment 6:30 Soils! 7:36 Le Macchiole - vineyards 8:18 Le Macchiole - vine planting dates and clones 8:47 Le Macchiole - soils 9:01 Vineyard signatures for the Paleo Rosso 9:20 Winemaking 10:10 Tasting notes 14:15 100% Cabernet Franc in Bolgheri today -------------------- Website in progress with a full write up and tons more content. Originally posted to Instagram September 12, 2022. -------------------- Key wine facts below: Producer: Le Macchiole Region: Bolgheri Appellation: IGT Toscana Municipality: Castagneto Carducci Vineyards: Casanuova, Vignone, Puntone Soils: Sandy-clay, with fossilized marine sediments (calcareous rocks) Alcohol: 14.5% --------------------- FOLLOW ME: Instagram:   / cabfrancchronicles   #cabfranc​ #cabernetfranc​ #cabfrancchronicles​ #cabfrancdujour​ #lemacchiole #paleorosso #bolgheri #italianwine