Galatrona

Name: Galatrona
Brand: Petrolo
SKU: galatrona-2021
Price: 99.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

Perfect pairing

Pairs withred meat, game, mature cheeses

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Serving temperature17–18°C

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Galatrona is Petrolo's 'grand cru' of Merlot: made since 1994 from a single vineyard planted with low-yielding Bordeaux clones, on soils rich in clay, schist, marl and sandstone at 300 metres altitude.

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Wine profile

Taste styleDry

TanninHigh

AcidityMedium

AlcoholHigh

Body / TextureFull

Characteristics

StyleRed

Wine housePetrolo

GrapeMerlot

CountryItaly

RegionTuscany

Year2021

AgeingFrench barriques, one third new

Volume75 cl

Drinking window2026–2038

Item no.KW120021

StyleRed

Wine housePetrolo

GrapeMerlot

CountryItaly

RegionTuscany

Year2021

AgeingFrench barriques, one third new

Volume75 cl

Drinking window2026–2038

Item no.KW120021

100% Merlot from the Galatrona vineyard (10 ha, planted in the late 1980s and mid-1990s). Hand-harvested into small crates, with natural fermentation on indigenous yeasts in cement vats. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in wood, followed by 18 to 20 months' ageing in French oak barriques (one third new), with bâtonnage of the fine lees during the first 6 months.

Store the bottles lying down in a cool, dark place at a constant temperature of 12-16°C. Avoid light and vibration. Consult the drinking window for the ideal moment to open.

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The wine house

Petrolo

Tuscany

As early as 1716, Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici recognised the Val d'Arno di Sopra as one of four areas in Tuscany exceptionally suited to winegrowing. Petrolo itself came into the hands of the Bazzocchi family in the last century. It was grandson Luca Sanjust, however, a painter by background specialising in Venetian Renaissance art, who gave the estate its current standing. His Merlot Galatrona has been called "the Le Pin of Tuscany" by critics and has repeatedly earned scores of 98 to 100 points. Alongside Galatrona, the house also makes the well-regarded Sangiovese wines Torrione and Boggina. Worth knowing: Galatrona came about by accident. During the 1994 harvest one parcel of Merlot was overlooked and picked far too late. Rather than discarding the fruit, the family vinified it separately, and so the very first Galatrona was born, now one of the most decorated wines in Tuscany.

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