During a recent visit to Tuscany I was fortunate enough to visit the Petra Winery and to be able to taste through their range of wines. While there I made a trio of tasting videos, the last of these being this wine, their flagship wine Petra Toscana IGT 2022, this followed the Quercegobbe Merlot Toscana IGT 2023 and started with their entry-level wine ‘Hebo’ Toscana IGT 2024. The range was impressive to taste and I am very grateful to the team at the winery for spending so much time showing me around, explaining how they work and allowing me to taste through their wines. Do follow the link below to watch the tasting video for the Petra Quercegobbe Merlot Toscana IGT 2023.
The Petra Azienda Agricola wine estate is located near Suvereto, in the Maremma region of Tuscany. The estate produces a range of wines classified as Toscana IGT from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sangiovese, varieties introduced to this region by Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, Princess of Piombino, an enlightened wine enthusiast, in around 1805. The Petra estate was founded in 1997 by father-daughter team Vittorio and Francesca Moretti.
The 300 hectare (800 acre) property stretches across the hillsides of Val di Cornia. The vineyard has three main soil types – stoney with areas of chalk; alluvial and rich in minerals and metals; and deep and rich in lime. Vine varieties were accordingly planted in the sites that they were thought best suited to.
Petra’s eye-catching, modern, gravity-fed winery is based around a cylindrical structure that houses stainless steel fermentation tanks at the bottom and grape reception at the top. The barrel cellars are arranged on each side in tunnels dug into the hillside.
The portfolio is led by the Petra cuvée, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The Quercegobbe is a delicious single varietal Merlot whose quality almost rivals that of the flagship wine. Hebo, their entry level wine, is an unoaked blend of Sangiovese with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
As well as Petra Azienda Agricola, Vittorio and Francesca Moretti also own other estates in Tuscany, in Franciacorta and on the island of Sardinia.
To find out more about this wine, its price and where to purchase it follow this link to the Wine-Searcher website: https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/petra+tuscany+igp+italy/2022?referring_site=DCA
▶️ CHAPTERS:
0:00 Petra Toscana IGT 2022 wine label
0:12 Origin of the Petra name
0:28 Background and history of Petra Azienda Agricola
0:38 Part of a group of 6 wineries
0:52 Important that the winery was both striking and functional
1:10 Choosing to refocus on Bordeaux varieties and Sangiovese
1:23 Blend
1:33 Estate has four areas of vineyard
1:45 Soils
2:09 Annual rainfall
2:23 Climate is heavily maritime influenced
2:40 Were organic but concerns about copper sulphate use saw them move to sustainable viticulture
3:00 WINEMAKING – fruit hand-harvested
3:10 Winery works by gravity so the fruit does not need to be pumped
3:25 Fermentation takes place in Stainless steel tanks at a maximum of 30 degrees C
3.38 Following malolactic conversion in barrel the wine was moved into barrel
3:57 Wine spends 12 moths in barrel then aged in bottle for a further year before release
4:16 TASTING – Appearance
4:43 Aromas
5:11 Palate
6:25 Ability to age
6:46 Score
6:56 Conclusions
7:06 Link to Wine-Searcher for pricing
6:07 Thanks, closing remarks and sign-off
▶️follow this link to watch my tasting of Petra Quercegobbe Merlot Toscana IGT 2023: https://youtu.be/9RjVhFGbqtE
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