Petrolo Torrione Toscana IGT Rosso 2019

A very dear wine to Petrolo, wanted by Lucia Bazzocchi Sanjust in 1988 and made at the time with the help of former wine consultant Giulio Gambelli. Torrione marks the beginning of the winery’s new approach to winemaking aiming to produce wines of the highest quality.

Torrione is a photograph of Petrolo, a blend of the grapes from all the vineyards of Petrolo: not only sangiovese from Bòggina but also from other historical vineyards of the winery including merlot from Galatrona and cabernet sauvignon from Campo Lusso.

This wine keeps an eye to the secular Tuscan tradition of adding french varieties to Sangiovese which do not alter the character of our wines since it is the territory that prevails over the different varieties.

Denomination: IGT TOSCANA ROSSO

Grapes: 80% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

First Vintage: 1988

Harvest: from early September to early October.

Production: about 45000 bottles

Vinification: Manual harvest in crates. Grapes selection with sorting table. Natural  
                     vinification with native yeasts in glazed concrete vats. Soft and frequent
                     manual pumping overs.

Aging: Spontaneous malo-lactic fermentation in wood.
            Maturation in concrete tanks, French oak 40Hl barrels, tonneaux and barriques.

Parameters: Alc: 13.71 % Tot Acid: 5.26 g/l pH: 3.59

“Very perfumed with sweet-berry and fresh-flower aromas that already show brightness and beauty. Perfumed. Full-bodied with very well-integrated tannins and pure, vivid fruit at the finish. This is all in finesse and depth. Drinkable now, but better in a couple of years. -James Suckling, JAMESSUCKLING.COM 5 Aug 2021 - 95 points