The 2021 Galatrona is a fine follow-up to the 2020. In most vintages, Galatrona is very showy right out of the gate. That is not at all the case with the 2021, a wine that is going to need a number of years to be at its finest. Black cherry, plum, mocha, leather, licorice and incense infuse the 2021 with tremendous complexity. More than anything else, I admire a feeling of vertical, explosive energy that catapults the 2021 into the stratosphere. This is a tremendous wine by any measure. - Vinous, 98 points
Petrolo is situated in Val d’Arno di Sopra, on the southeast side of the Chianti mountains, adjacent to the Chianti Classico region. The Bazzocchi family acquired Petrolo in the 1940s. It wasn't until the 1980s that Lucia Bazzocchi Sanjust recognized the remarkable potential of Petrolo's hillside soil. With her son Luca's assistance, she embarked on a comprehensive revitalizat... read more →