Petrolo Galatrona Val d’Arno di Sopra 2024 (750ml)

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A beautiful expression of Tuscan Merlot, with concentrated dark cherry and ripe dark berry fruit at its centre. There is richness and depth here, but Galatrona is ultimately about elegance and balance, with the fruit carried by freshness rather than sheer weight.

Galatrona is Petrolo's flagship wine, made exclusively from Merlot grown in the estate's nearly ten-hectare Galatrona vineyard in Val d'Arno di Sopra. The vines sit at around 300 metres, on clay-rich soils mixed with schist, marl and sandstone. The clay's ability to retain water is particularly important for Merlot through Tuscany's warm, dry summers.

Petrolo has taken an increasingly natural approach to the vineyard since 2004 and has been certified organic since 2016. The grapes are hand harvested and carefully sorted before spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in cement. Gentle manual pumpovers are used to build structure while preserving the wine's elegance.

Following malolactic fermentation in wood, Galatrona spends 18 months in French oak, around one-third of which is new. The result is a concentrated but refined Merlot with texture, depth and persistence – a distinctly Tuscan interpretation of the variety and one of Italy's benchmark Merlots.