Petrolo – Toscana IGT Bòggina 2011
€65.00
| YEAR | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Producer | Petrolo |
| APPELLATION | Toscana IGT |
| Grape variety | Sangiovese 100% |
| COUNTRY | Italy |
| REGION | Tuscany |
| Format | 0,75 lt |
| ALCOHOL CONTENT | 14.00% |
| Drinking Window | |
| Green | Organic |
Fattoria Petrolo is located in Chianti, in an area rich in woods, which has historically been considered suitable for the production of olive oil and wine.
The estate is in fact located within the DOC Val d’Arno di Sopra, on the southern border with the Chianti Classico area, an area that, according to the then owner, already in the mid-19th century, was particularly valued the potential of the grape Sangiovese, together with some other “french” grapes able to combine with Sangiovese for excellent results.
In the 1940s, the property passed into the hands of the Bazzocchi family. Engineer Gastone Bazzocchi founded the Company and identified the Bòggina vineyard, planting Sangiovese between 1951 and 1952. His daughter, Lucia Bazzocchi Sanjust, pioneer of wine in this area, sensed the potential of the estate and planted Merlot, with the support of the professor Giulio Giambelli. Today Luca Sanjust, her son, is at the helm of the Company. Luca was an art historian in Rome but, in 1993, he was convinced by his mother to return and take over the Company. An eclectic family of wine lovers rather than professionals, who have always known how to rely on the advice of great experts and at the same time following their instincts to create some of the pearls of this land, today internationally recognized.
Bòggina, already identified by the founder as the “Gran-Cru” of the property, is dedicated for the production of Sangiovese. Since 2006, the property has decided to dedicate a wine to this suitable land, selecting only the best grapes, in the central plot of the vineyard, for a total production that does not exceed 6000 bottles. There has also been an amphora production of this wine since 2011.
A wine that knows how to express itself on different layers, while maintaining its precision: wide, open fruit. Dark berries, spices and toasted notes of smoke, freshness of menthol and licorice.
A structured, complex wine with a full body.
Excellent to combine with medium-cooked grilled meat or with a kid.
16-18 °C
Suggestion to open it about 1 to 2 hours before serving it. And let it breath in the glass as well.
Grassing operations, protection of the area’s biodiversity, sustainable practices, certified Organic from 2015.
Fermentation in oak, 16-18 months in french barrels and tonneaux.
