Petrolo Bòggina B 2016 (91 W&S)
“Luca Sanjust was inspired to produce a white wine by Mounir Souma of Burgundy’s Lucien Le Moine. This is the third vintage of Bòggina B (B for “bianco”), a rich, smoky trebbiano that ferments in barrels with ambient yeasts and ages for two years in French oak barriques and tonneaux. It’s creamy and nutty, with notes of toasted hazelnuts and warm spices leading into flavors of crushed apple and lemon curd, with lively acidity. Cellar this for a year or two to let the flavors integrate.”
Related Producers
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.
