What can we expect from the 2022 vintage in Italy?

If you asked winemakers at the beginning of August 2022 for their assessment of the vintage, they were clearly amongst the majority of sceptical to negative voices throughout Italy. The winter was one of the driest in years, and many areas started the spring with meagre or no water reserves. This was followed by a hot and dry summer in which, apart from isolated thunderstorms, not a drop of rain fell from the sky.