Petrolo Bòggina C 2016 (92 W&S)
“Sangiovese for the “classic” Bòggina C ages for 18 months in French oak barrels, and comes across as more shy and muted than the highly expressive, amphora-aged Bòggina A (recommended above). The fruit flavors lean toward black cherry and plum, with accents of baking spice and forest floor that give the wine a dark and musky tone. It feels a bit like the stern older sister of the more playful Bòggina A, though a few more years of bottle age will reveal which one has more staying power.”
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Petrolo
Valdarno di Sopra, Tuscany, Italy
Petrolo is the definition of a cult winery, with an owner and a story that have helped create its legendary status. While the estate's benchmark wine, the Merlot cru Galatrona, deservedly receives fireworks in the press and is part of the history of Tuscany’s quality revolution in the late 1980s and 1990s, the winery's two other standouts, Torrione and Boggina, are an equally thrilling success - Sangiovese from a special and virtually unknown appellation bordering Chianti Classico that today produces wines of distinct regional identity.
