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Tasting notes
Score 91/100 · Drink 2000-2010, Robert Parker, Aug 2000

The stunning, opaque purple-colored 1997 Il Torrione (100% Sangiovese aged 12-18 months in French barrels) offers a super-sweet nose of cherry and strawberry jam intertwined with new saddle leather, spicy oak, tobacco, and cigar box aromas. Full-bodied, rich, and multilayered, with a sweet mid-palate and inner core of concentration, this sumptuous, low acid, fat Sangiovese will provide opulent drinking for a decade. Importer: Vias Imports, New York, NY; tel. (212) 629-0200

Critic scores

Critic scores
91
91/100

Robert Parker

About the producer

Petrolo - producer
Petrolo

Petrolo is one of Tuscany’s cult names. It is best known for Galatrona – a Merlot cuvée that is, along with Masseto, often described as the Pétrus of Tuscany.

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Grape Blend

Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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