Winemaker Notes
The ruby red color with flashes of garnet heralds a bouquet with a powerful impact, characterized by intense notes of wild berries, black cherry, and Mediterranean scrub and intriguing hints of mint, rosemary, peppercorn and tobacco.
Blend: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Lovely aromas of blackcurrants, black cherries, spearmint and sage. Medium to full body with very fine tannins. The length is fantastic. Racy. Focused and tight.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2021 Petra Rosso is a Tuscan treat loved worldwide. With 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine satisfies wine lovers with its power and grace. This wine delivers aromas and flavors of spice box, blackberries, and sandalwood. Enjoy it with an oven-roasted, rosemary and black pepper accented leg of lamb. (Tasted: April 10, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
When someone arrives at Petra for the first time, they are enchanted by the power of nature and by a light that has an uncommon depth at these latitudes.
The estate is steeped in a very special ecosystem, which breathes and whispers, permeated by warmth and with an underground current which pervades the soil and reaches through the produce of the land – grapes, but a lot more too. Petra’s landscape and nature are unique: the green belt of the Colline Metallifere, near the Montioni Natural Park, with the Poggio Tre Cancelli Natural Reserve, up to the Sterpaia Coastal Park, looking over the Tyrrhenian Sea, a constant presence on the horizon, a single blue tone in a landscape otherwise dominated by two essential colors – green and russet.
It starts in the vineyards, to appreciate the full power of the landscape, of the land, and of a careful and gentle approach to viticulture, and continues with a visit to the cellar. Here there is synergy between shapes (beams, blocks, columns and vaults), materials (elm, oak, Prun stone, flower embossed stainless steel) and natural light (the only source of lighting, carefully exploited by the architectural design).
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.