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Petrolo - Galatrona 2013
Wine
Galatrona is made entirely from pure Merlot grapes from the estate’s vines of the early '90s. Year after year, it has achieved remarkable
scores, and has been referred to as the "Le Pin of Tuscany" by Wine Spectator.
Estate
Petrolo is located in Mercatale Valdarno, in the center of the triangle made by Florence, Siena and Arezzo. There are no notable wine estates nearby, but with the romance and poetry that wine brings, Petrolo exemplifies a theme seen more and more in Tuscany: little pockets, special places
where extraordinary and singular wines can be made. This Estate was bought by the Bazzocchi family in the 1940s and since the mid 80s has been headed by Lucia Bazzocchi Sanjust with the assistance of her son Luca who is now managing the winery. The technical agronomist is Carlo Nesterini, the oenologist is Stefano Guidi and since June 2002, Carlo Ferrini has been collaborating on agricultural and vinification issues.
Vineyard
The yield per plant is notably restricted (max 2.5 lbs per vine plant), with the Petrolo estate as a whole producing 65,000 bottles (5,000
cases) from 140,000 plants - less than half a bottle per plant. The strict pruning permits a complete grape maturation to take place.
The limited yields permits the grapeskins to achieve highly concentrated levels of anthocyanins and tannin, already sweetened due to the polymerization of the plant.
Vinification
The maceration on the skins lasts for about 14 days, with frequent pumping over. The malolactic fermentation takes place in barrique. The wine then rests in new French oak barriques for approximately 18 months. During this period the wine is left for the first 6 months on fine lees.
