The 2012 vintage started with extreme temperature fluctuations. Freezing temperatures as low as -15 °C were followed by summer temperatures of around +20 °C. The spring was generally dry. Flowering began on May 23rd, about two weeks earlier than normal. Despite a regenerating rain in the second half of July, dryness was present until the harvest in mid/late October. The drought stress before the flowering resulted in smaller berries and clusters, which in turn produced healthy and high-quality grapes.