Petrolo Galatrona 2022

James Suckling
The floral aromas are spellbinding, with aromas of violets, lilacs, orange peel, raspberries, rose petals, and some oranges. It’s medium- to full-bodied with crunchy and open-grain tannins that are creamy and caressing. It’s endless in the finish. Crunchy and energetic. A wine that is thoughtful and gives you such great pleasure. Such purity. It’s like eating perfectly ripened grape must. Pure merlot. Drinkable in many ways, but will come together beautifully. A new reference point for merlot in Italy. Drink after 2028.

Robert Parker
The Petrolo 2022 Val d'Arno di Sopra Galatrona is a beautiful wine with an elegantly focused and streamlined style. Proprietor Luca Sanjust describes this vintage as "the most Tuscan version of Galatrona" he has produced, and he remarks on the ability of Merlot, the grape used here, to resemble Sangiovese in the unique Valdarno territory. Winemaking has been tweaked to produce the wine in an initially more reductive style to ensure better and longer bottle evolution. The team is working with better woods, neutral oak and bigger capacities. There is more work with the lees and no racking. The wine shows a core of dark fruit with wild berries and pressed rose. This medium-plus Tuscan Merlot concludes with lasting freshness. The Galatrona site has mixed soils with sand, rocks and clay. Two geological plates meet at this spot, and the clay pan folds underground as a result. The site is surrounded by cooling forests.

Vinous
The 2022 Galatrona, 100% Merlot, is another super-attractive wine from Petrolo. It offers lovely up-front appeal to match its easygoing personality. Blue/purplish fruit, licorice, lavender, spice and mocha meld together. The 2022 naturally does not have the structure or depth of the top years, but that simply was not possible in this vintage.

Petrolo er toppen af toppen af Toscana. Siden midt 90´erne har vinhuset opnået kultstatus, og får gang på gang topanmeldelser fra de mest anerkendte internationale vinkritikere som James Suckling og Robert Parker. I begyndelsen producerede man almindelig Chianti, men da sicilianeren Luca Sanjust overtog, så han et meget større potentiale for vinhuset, og dét er vi utroligt taknemmelige for! Hans visioner har ført Petrolo til at være den eliteproducent den er i dag. Særligt er de kendte for ikonvinen, og husets absolutte topvin Galatrona, der er lavet på Merlot, og den Sangiovese baserede Torrine.

Bag flotte resultater er altid et godt håndværk, og når det kommer til vinproduktion, er naturen din vigtigste allierede. Derfor arbejder Petrolo efter naturlige principper, og man anvender hverken organisk eller uorganisk gødning i produktionen. Desuden bruger man naturlige tiltag, som at lade græs gro frit, fordi det har en indflydelse på næringsstoffer og fugt i jorden.

Vi har stor respekt for Petrolos mesterværker, og er stolte af at have et udpluk af dem i vores sortiment!