The 2021 Galatrona is a rich, deep, expansive wine endowed with striking textural depth and structure. Dark fruit, sage, lavender, mocha and grilled herbs are all amplified in this potent Merlot. Readers will have to be patient, as this will need a number of years to be at its finest. A complex, dynamic Galatrona, the 2021 is just superb.

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Galatrona is the “Gran-Cru” of Merlot of Petrolo, only made with the grapes from a specific 3-hectare vineyard of the same name planted between the end of the 80’s and half of the 90’s with low vigor bordeaux clones. The peculiar soil, rich in clay in combination with schist, marl and sandstones, allows the concentration of all the noble components of the grapes, fundamental for the great structure, elegance, balance and persistence wanted for this wine.      

Located in the Val d`Arno in the north of Tuscany Fattoria Petrolo Galatrona dates back to the 18th Century, and is now owned by former painter, Luca Sanjust.

Galatrona is 100% Merlot first produced in 1994, when a parcel of later picked Merlot was kept separately for a single varietal bottling.

Maturation: The wine is aged for up to 20 months in carefully selected French oak barriques and tonneaux, with one-third being new. Regular stirring of the lees for the first 8 months.