Winemaker Notes
Bòggina B is produced from plants of Tuscan Trebbiano selected in Valdarno and planted in the '70s at Petrolo in the "Poggio" vineyard. They have been recently replanted below the Bòggina vineyard using the same original clones.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
The famous biographer Giorgio Vasari recalls that many artists before him had discarded the piece of marble that Michelangelo used to carve the David, observing that what makes the final work so incredible is not the perfection of the final sculpture, but rather the fact that something so spectacularly alive could be drawn from something left for dead. The same can be said for Trebbiano Toscano, and the Bòggina B is indeed a David of a wine.
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James Suckling
Aromas of dried pineapple and lemon rind, together with heather and hints of pie crust and Korean pears. Full-bodied with pineapple-pie and stone undertones. Fruity and juicy for a white, with candied pear at the end. Unique, old Burgundian feel, opening up with incredible freshness. From old-vine trebbiano.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Luca Sanjust has created miracles with what is becoming one of my all-time-favorite Italian white wines. Made with the Trebbiano grape, the Petrolo 2022 Bòggina B is creamy and rich with succulent stone fruit, honey and hints of saffron. The 2022 vintage was indeed hot but, he tells me, not as bad as 2023. That year, he lost up to 50% of production in some plots due to mildew pressure. The wine ages in tonneaux with frequent lees stirring to give volume and soft richness to the palate. Trebbiano can be austere in character and offers good natural acidity; these qualities make it ideal for lees aging. This white wine has runway to develop further in the bottle.
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Vinous
The 2022 Trebbiano Boggina B is one of the better versions of this wine I have tasted. Light tropical overtones add an exotic flair. White flowers, tangerine peel, mint, spice and a kiss of reduction all grace this understated, nuanced Trebbiano. Deep and yet light on its feet, the 2022 is very nicely done.
Compared to other white wine-producing varieties, Trebbiano claims some of the most vineyard acreage on a global scale. There are six distinct varieties with Trebbiano as part of their name in Italy alone. Trebbiano Toscano, one of the most popular, is deliciously light and crisp. Trebbiano d’Abruzzo actually has some aging potential when handled carefully. Somm Secret—Known as Ugni Blanc in France, Trebbiano is responsible for the whites in Southwest, France called Gascogne Blanc.
One of the most iconic Italian regions for wine, scenery and history, Tuscany is the world’s most important outpost for the Sangiovese grape. Tuscan wine ranges in style from fruity and simple to complex and age-worthy, Sangiovese makes up a significant percentage of plantings here, with the white Trebbiano Toscano coming in second.
Within Tuscany, many esteemed wines have their own respective sub-zones, including Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The climate is Mediterranean and the topography consists mostly of picturesque rolling hills, scattered with vineyards.
Sangiovese at its simplest produces straightforward pizza-friendly Tuscan wines with bright and juicy red fruit, but at its best it shows remarkable complexity and ageability. Top-quality Sangiovese-based wines can be expressive of a range of characteristics such as sour cherry, balsamic, dried herbs, leather, fresh earth, dried flowers, anise and tobacco. Brunello, an exceptionally bold Tuscan wine, expresses well the particularities of vintage variations and is thus popular among collectors. Chianti is associated with tangy and food-friendly dry wines at various price points. A more recent phenomenon as of the 1970s is the “Super Tuscan”—a red wine made from international grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, with or without Sangiovese. These are common in Tuscany’s coastal regions like Bolgheri, Val di Cornia, Carmignano and the island of Elba.