2022 | Petrolo 'Boggina C' Riserva Valdarno di Sopra | Tuscany Copertino sour melon and crushed dried

sour melon and crushed dried flower aromas

including notes of peaches and yellow apples

The grapes were fermented half destemmed and the rest whole-bunch with foot treading for the first few days

offering plenty of depth and sophistication

2022 | Petrolo 'Boggina C' Riserva Valdarno di Sopra | Tuscany Copertino sour melon and crushed driedSavory, sanguine, and simmering with heat on the nose. At first fresh and tart with pomegranate seeds and Cara cara orange slices on the palate, then darker fruit and cool, deep earth tones emerge. Acid electrifies the palate. This wine had an unfair advantage because even though it's a new project and even though I taste blind I could identify easily who made it, but in any case it's so well constructed and satisfying that there's little to quibble