2016 Fattoria Petrolo Galatrona

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  4/23/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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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  3/27/2024 - pemazel Likes this wine: 96 Points

  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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  7/31/2023 - tobyc Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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  6/17/2023 - RussK wrote: 92 Points

  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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  3/13/2023 - acc_123 wrote: 95 Points

  Aromatic and complex nose - merlot but a distinctly Italian style with some pungency. Very well-balanced after several hours of decanting… coats the mouth and tongue but light on its feet with a streak of acidity and grippy tannins. Long, lingering finish. Delightful

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