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Petrolo - Galatrona 2015
Wine
Galatrona is made entirely from pure Merlot grapes coming exclusively from a single vineyard planned in 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 Simone Cuccoli 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.
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 of the skin lasts more than 20 days. Pump-overs are done manually with considerable care and very frequently to allow the complete extraction from the skins. The malolactic fermentation takes place in barriques, usually starting quickly and with regular development. After the
malolactic fermentation the wine ages in new and almost new French oak barriques for approximately 18 months. During this period the wine is left for the first 6 months on the fine lees. After bottling, the wine begins its usual maturation period of about 6 months before release.
