It has been a long and demanding harvest that has ended in Castellare di Castellina, in the Chianti Classico, in Rocca di Frassinello, in Maremma Toscana and in the Sicilian estates Feudi del Pisciotto and Gurra di Mare of the Domini Castellare di Castellina group. The cold spring, which delayed the ripening of the grapes, and the extreme intra-annual variability of the climate imposed agronomic choices that Alessandro Cellai, chief winemaker and CEO of the DCC companies, explains in this interview.