Petrolo Galatrona 2012

Professional Ratings

• 96 James Suckling

  Very racy and refined with bright acidity and a blueberry and dark-chocolate character. Love the interplay of acidity and ripe fruit. Minerals and dark fruits, too. Very Pomerol. Pure merlot. Better in 2016 when it softens.

• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Ripe and jammy aromas emerge from the bouquet of the 2012 Galatrona. This pure expression of Merlot remains sharp and delineated overall, but the extra time in the bottle has given prominence to the wine's inherently fruity side. The 2012 growing season was characterized by intense heat that lasted three weeks in August. The harvest came earlier as a result and crews went out to pick fruit on September 7th. This is a soft and deeply succulent wine with sweet cherry, blackberry, spice and marked aromas of balsam herb or rosemary twig. Some dried prune and raisin appears on the close. I recommend a medium-term drinking window.
• 93 Wine Spectator

  There is more red fruit here, floral even, delivering raspberry and cherry flavors. Elegant, lively and succulent, with accents of oak spice, wild herbs and tobacco on the finish. Lighter and linear, with fine intensity. Non-blind Petrolo Galatrona vertical (November 2021). Drink now through 2035.