Community Tasting Notes 18

• WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 29, 2024 - Decanted 90 minutes I think on trip to Florida to drink with Mark1npt & Carol. Not fully mature yet but excellent. Lots of tobacco, leather & spice. I thought the fruit still a bit young and a bit of tartness but minor. Will get into zone in another 6-12 months. Excellent extraction & mouthfeel. One of the better Italian wines for sure.

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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 23, 2024 - Brought to the table by WGDM tonight.....needs every bit of 1-2 hours of decant/air. Loads of leather and aged red fruit on the nose. To me, it drinks like a wine that is 5-10 years older than it is. Having said that, it is beautiful........soft, red fruited, smooth and fantastic! Thanks for bringing this one, Rick! I loved it..........

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• pemazel Likes this wine: 96 points

  March 27, 2024 - Together with Gino at Chateau St Gerlach (Les Salons).
  
  And suddenly it appeared on my way: on a wine liste at a non too exaggerated price.
  
  Drunk with "Gently cooked rib of Porc Qualité Ardenne" first, then at its own.
  
  And I loved it: certainly within my top-10 of reds.
  
  I agree with Falstaff who tasted it in 2019:
  "Deeply coloured, brilliant ruby-violet. Very clear, distinct nose with complex interplay with blackberry, dark currant and ripe blueberry, plus fine resinous notes and tobacco. Fresh on the palate initially with a lot of juicy, ripe berry fruit and opening up with fine-meshed, dense tannin, salty and very long."
  
  And I disagree with the tasters here who write that it is still much too young now: in all its vigorousness it is magnificent!

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• tobyc Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 31, 2023 - Wonderful intensity on the bouquet with cherries, blackcurrants, mint and rose petals. Dry with finesse. The acidity while present is not dominating, but is gently balanced. The tannic structure shows a wine that is still in its infancy. Black fruits, olives and sweet liquorice in effortless harmony and a long lingering finish. Save another decade.

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• RussK wrote: 92 points

  June 17, 2023 - Jay brought to Dragonfly. The WOTN. Lean with some nice barnyard and a little bitterness in the finish. 14% ABV. 92- pts. Always like this house style.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Fattoria Petrolo
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation Galatrona
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Val d'Arno di Sopra
• UPC Codes 8007994001404, 8033593950065, 856537000453, 9153767000545

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• Pending Delivery 90 (3%)
• In Cellars 2,205 (80%)
• Consumed 472 (17%)

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