2017 Fattoria Petrolo Galatrona

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  9/13/2023 - ThijsV Likes this wine:

  BYOB dinner NOTK (Rotterdam): Last bottle of the evening and didn’t get the attention it deserved. PnP and needs more air and/or more time. Medium intensity with warm cherries, ceder, black fruit. Velvety. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, long finish. Feels not destemmed, some harsh green notes on the palate

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  8/20/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Clearly well made, even if not totally my preferred style. Deep dark fruit, pretty high grainy tannins, intense wine.

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  7/22/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  From half bottle. Ripe red cherry fruit, condensed herbs and a mineral base. Velvety texture, but with rather grainy tannins. Otherwise nice and juicy, even if with a pretty dry finish. Well-made and highly enjoyable, but with minor flaws that keep a lid on scoring potential.

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  4/8/2023 - Jochems Likes this wine: 92 Points

  It’s been a long time since I had a Galatrona, and they were from great vintages like ‘04, ‘06 and ‘07. (see my notes here on CT)
  I somehow lost track of them over the past decade. Until I saw these bottles at a local winestore where they rarely offer wines in this price range. So, I coildn’t resist to try some!
  
  This wine is clearly quite young and needed a fair bit of time in the glass to open up. After 2-3 hours it was slowly becoming aproachable.
  
  Medium red/crimson color. Expressive aroma’s of blackcurrant, sottobosco and some tobacco. Full bodied with silky, mouth coating tannins and some fresh acidity. A long finish that follows through seamlessly.
  Less refined and complex than I remember Galatrona to be, in particular the epic 2004 vintage. A bit bolder and dense instead. Perhaps it will improve over time. It certainly has the structure to last for quite a few more years. Much more so than usually is the case with a 100% Merlot.

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  1/21/2023 - fotomill Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Full bodied, full mid palate, balanced, smooth, satisfying, blueberry, some flower in retro-nasal.

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