Dear TK

A few days ago, James Suckling released his Top 100 Italian Wines of the Year—and coming in at #4 was the 2022 Petrolo Galatrona.

Suckling gave it a 100-point score and called it “spellbinding” and “a new reference point for Merlot in Italy”—which is doubly impressive when you consider that Masseto ($900) has long held that crown.

Over the last decade, Luca Sanjust’s Petrolo has become one of the most critically decorated estates in Tuscany, with Wine Spectator calling this top cuvée, Galatrona, the “Le Pin of Tuscany.” That mythic Pomerol trades for $4,000 or more.

But I’m able to offer you access to this perfect 2022 for just $105—or $100 each on purchases of six or more. There were no bottles available stateside, but we locked in another allocation directly from Italy and the wines will arrive in February.

Lock in your share now.

We first visited Petrolo in the fall of 2013. Located in the Valdarno Superiore, in the center of a triangle made by Florence to the north, Siena to the southwest, and Arezzo to the southeast, it’s the only notable estate in the neighborhood. But as you pull into the property and begin climbing—and climbing—you quickly get a sense of the passion and resolve that went into the planting and goes into upkeep of this world-class vineyard.

The estate is a sprawling 672-acre mix of forest and hills, but just 11 percent of it is planted, to Sangiovese and Bordeaux varieties. And while Petrolo also produces other incredibly delicious wines—their Torrione bottling regularly scores in the 90s—it’s Galatrona that has our heart.

This is a 100% Merlot that explodes from the glass with the kind of fruit you cannot help but adore right away, but it’s still structured by the kind of tannins and acidity that promise decades more evolution in the cellar. Don’t miss it.

Sincerely,

Andrew WalleckCOO
COO
Wine Access

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