Petrolo’s Galatrona— a 100% Merlot—moves in the popular realm occupied by the likes of Masseto, Messorio, and Redigaffi, and it routinely merits critical recognition, displaying remarkable consistency from vintage to vintage. Its performance is anything but routine in terms of what it does for Merlot, however—realizing a sleek, untamed, and exotic number that is a high fidelity rendering of the potential this grape realizes in its Super-Tuscan role. What’s more, it doesn’t come at the cost of its fellow Super-Merlots, affording truly accessible luxury.
The Tenuta di Petrolo proudly sits on the site of an ancient Etruscan settlement where foundations of Roman buildings can still be seen. From these foundations rises the Torre di Galatrona, or the watchtower of the medieval Galatrona castle. It is in the shadow of this structure that a villa was built in the early 18th century, and the tower remains the physical and symbolic center of the winery that now lies here. Today Villa Petrolo welcomes visitors to an extensive retreat that revolves around their outstanding wine production. Of their 272 hectares, 31 are planted to vines and fall in the Colli Aretini zone of Chianti. The Bazzocchi family, owners of Petrolo since the ‘40s, stepped up their standards of production in the late ‘80s and now focuses on just two bottlings, Galatrona and Torrione.
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