Petrolo Galatrona IGT

Merlot from Tuscany

Vintage: 2016
Description: JS 98 jamessuckling.com, September 2017 (97-98 points) A powerful and rich red with wonderful integrity and depth. Full-bodied, tight and silky. Lovely texture and tannin quality. This could equal the great 2015! 100% merlot. Wa 98 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2019 This is the flagship wine from Luca Sanjust's Petrolo estate located not too far from Arezzo in the Valdarno area of eastern Tuscany. The 2016 Galatrona is indeed a masterpiece to behold. This wine offers thick layering. This is the flagship wine from Luca Sanjust's Petrolo estate located not too far from Arezzo in the Valdarno area of eastern Tuscany. The 2016 Galatrona is indeed a masterpiece to behold. This wine offers thick layering and deep intensity with aromas that offer an incredible range, starting off with luscious dark chocolate on one side and ending with fragrant white truffle on the far end of its long aromatic trajectory. You get plummy fruit, spice, sweet tobacco and tilled earth packed tight in between. This full-bodied Merlot is softly textured and succulent with long-lasting flavor intensity on the close. Petrolo's Merlot is planted in a ten-hectare parcel distinguished by thick clay soils. I have been watching Galatrona's evolution for years and have tasted the wine on occasion in various vertical tastings. This is my favorite vintage made thus far. - Monica Larner W&S 96 Wine & Spirits, April 2019 Galatrona leads an impressive set of wines from Luca Sanjust in the moderate 2016 growing season. Pure Merlot from a 25-acre plot of vines planted in the 1990s, it unfolds with beautiful scents of dewy violets and thyme. Galatrona leads an impressive set of wines from Luca Sanjust in the moderate 2016 growing season. Pure Merlot from a 25-acre plot of vines planted in the 1990s, it unfolds with beautiful scents of dewy violets and thyme. The flavors are as precise as the aromas, with fresh acidity highlighting the ripe blue and black fruit tones. The wine aged for 18 months in French oak barriques, about one-third new, developing supple tannins and subtle spice notes. Taut and herb inflected, it's a Merlot for people who think they don't like Merlot. Ws 95 Wine Spectator, December 2018 This is full of enticing blackberry, blueberry and plum flavors, with a spine of acidity, iron accents and beefy tannins. Long and well-proportioned, this needs time to integrate. Tobacco and spice hints detail the. This is full of enticing blackberry, blueberry and plum flavors, with a spine of acidity, iron accents and beefy tannins. Long and well-proportioned, this needs time to integrate. Tobacco and spice hints detail the finish. Best from 2022 through 2033. — B.s. Vn 94 Vinous, February 2019 The 2016 Galatrona (Merlot) is fabulous. Powerful, dense and layered, the 2016 brings together serious fruit intensity and energy, as is so typical of this important Tuscan vintage. A whole range of floral and spice notes. The 2016 Galatrona (Merlot) is fabulous. Powerful, dense and layered, the 2016 brings together serious fruit intensity and energy, as is so typical of this important Tuscan vintage. A whole range of floral and spice notes develop in the glass, adding further shades of nuance. I have long felt Galatrona is released too early. The 2016 is a perfect example of that. Opening a bottle now is a crime. -- Antonio Galloni Dc 94 Decanter, June 2019 Much Tuscan Merlot is overblown, but the clay parcels among the Petrolo vineyards are ideal for this variety, and Galatrona rightly enjoys a legendary reputation in this category. Initially sumptuous on the nose, with its. Much Tuscan Merlot is overblown, but the clay parcels among the Petrolo vineyards are ideal for this variety, and Galatrona rightly enjoys a legendary reputation in this category. Initially sumptuous on the nose, with its black-cherry aromas, this also has a spicy, savoury dimension, and a dash of vanilla from the oak. Concentrated and voluptuous, it's lifted by fine-grained tannins and lively acidity, and given added complexity with its nuances of liquorice and mocha. Fine length.
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