Chianti Classico Riserva 2014 among the best 50 wines of 2018 Vine Pair

Interview of Debra Meiburg MW to Diana Lenzi

The video of interview of Debra Meiburg MW to Diana Lenzi on her Youtube channel.



​Interview to Diana on Food and Wine Magazine!

Interview on the prestigious journal of New York made by Ray Isle, journalist of F&W: between kitchen, the estate and Chianti Classico.


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​Michaela Morris, journalist and Vinitaly International ambassador talks about us on Westender!

A story about us by our friend, journalist and Vinitaly International ambassador, written on Westender, important magazine of Vancouver. When you read 'Petroio' on magazine and web article, you realize that your product is appreciated and there is nothing better as customer satisfaction.



​WeChianti Group about us

Nice story written by WeChianti and Matteo Pucci who again tells in the best possible way.


​Decanter, WineEnthusiast and Gilbert&Gaillard2016

This hard job that we do, producing a Chianti Classico that is authentic and of high quality, can be tiring and nerve wrecking, but when a few results start to arrive you understand that all has been paid back at its best.
 
So now with the beginning of 2016 we are received the first reviews and rewards for all the attention and care that have always characterized every work day here at Petroio, to protect and improve our enological patrimony.
 
Silver Medal (90 points) for our Chianti Classico  Riserva 2011 and Bronze Medal (88 points) for Chianti Classico 2012 received  from World Wine Awards Decanter 2016!
 
Wine Enthusiast has rewarded our Chianti Classico Riserva 2011 with 87 points and surprisingly  our Chianti Classico 2012 with 88 points!
 
And finally a Gold Medal with 90+ points for our Chianti Classico 2012 in the International Competition 2016 Gilbert&Gaillard!


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LA BOUTEILLE DE LA DEGUSTATION
FATTORIA DI PETROIO .

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....Diana LENZI, fille des propriétaires de la Fattoria di Petroio, est à la tête du domaine depuis 2008. A 30 ans, elle a commencé par suivre des études de sciences politiques. C’est après de nombreuses dégustations qu’elle impulse le style du domaine. En deuxième année de conversion bio, « avec aussi des tonnes de papier à remplir ! » ajoute Diana, le résultat est sans pareil. Des vins élégants, fins et expressifs, sapides tout en restant digestes. En sus de la bouteille sous-nommée, un Chianti Classico 2009 (90 % sangiovese, le solde en canaiolo) au nez fin, frais et droit, et à la bouche harmonieuse; et un Toscana IGP 2010 (70 % sangiovese et 30 % merlot) élevé 20 mois en cuve, toujours très propre, agréable, et à la bouche du même esprit avec de beaux amers. Un domaine à suivre de très près.

****(*) FATTORIA DI PETROIO – Quercegrossa
nez frais et profond, racinaire, floral et fruité, joli style. Très belle bouche bien structurée, dotée encore d’une belle trame acide, de beaux tanins vifs, et un fruit doté de notes terriennes et minérales. Très long.

From Bere Bene 2013-Gambero Rosso

Fattoria di Petroio-Chianti Classico 2008

Ruby red. Nose: Complex and challenging to the nose where the initial notes of fresh cut grass overlap hints of dried fruit such as peaches and apricots, but too spicy notes of licorice-dominated, on a background that recalls chestnut honey. Taste: Important and exciting wine from the mouth with clean mineral sensations slightly savory then leaving room for more fruity notes, and especially fishing. Despite the very long persistence mouth is left clean. 

Article from a Polish blogger we met at the Chianti Classico Collection in 2012

Chianti discoveries: Fattoria di Petroio 7 March 2012 · by Wojciech Bońkowski · in wine. · Blind comparative tastings always yield surprises and this year’s Chianti Classico marathon was no exception. I gave high marks to estates that I never heard of, or that never impressed in the past, such as San Michele a Torri or Castello di San Sano. It’s a healthy situation. Blind tasting gives newcomers a chance to really break through, that in other circumstances might never be given a chance.

I didn't like it because I didn't understand it.

There’s the reverse situation, however, when a non-blind, open tasting allows you to put a wine into perspective and understand it better. I’ve always been positive about the wines of Fattoria di Petroio. Having never met the owners or visited the estate, I selected their Chianti Classico Riserva 2004 and 2006 among my best picks of either vintage – full-blown intense wines with excellent definition and typicity. The 2005 made a lesser impression, however.

The vineyards of Petroio. © Fattoria di Petroio.

This year I met chef-turned-œnologist Diana Lenzi at dinner in Florence and the following day at the walk-around tasting and somehow everything suddenly fell into place and I just realised the individual character of Petroio wines in a way that always eluded me when tasting them anonymously. The high-altitude stoney terroir of Castelnuovo Berardenga and Diana’s traditional approach to extraction and oak ageing made me appreciate the ageworthiness of these wines better, a factor that comes into the equation when tasting the 2009 and 2008 Chianti Classico, wines which ideally should wait another year or two. (This southernmost part of Chianti, with estates such as Fèlsina, Castell’in Villa and Rocca di Montegrossi, produces some of the tightest, longest-living wines in the district). Speaking to Diana also resulted in a better understanding of Merlot: I don’t really sense it in the Petroio wines, but seeing it on paper might give you (or me) a negative bias against these wines. Diana Lenzi explained that the Merlot vines are now over 20 years old, and as their roots grow deeper the Merlot acquires a more Tuscan, structured, less fleshy character.

Sangiovese at its crunchiest, zestiest, and most authentic.

A retasting of the 2009 Chianti Classico was impressive for purity and mineral depth, and the 2006 Riserva is a just a joy to drink at the moment, with an unforced, natural taste of tannic grapes coupled with the natural richness of the 2006 vintage. A brilliant wine to drink or cellar. I want to give a special mention to the least expensive wine here, the 2009 IGT Poggio al Mandorlo, one of the best Sangiovese wines I ever tasted at 6€ retail, fresh and poised with a hint of underlying tannic structure and masses of transparent, unadulterated bitter cherry fruitiness. This is Sangiovese at its most continental-refreshing and a telling testimony to this quirky grape’s revival I addressed here. It’s often argued that a winemaker’s class shows in his/her cheapest wine; it certainly is true for Diana Lenzi. Give me a bottle of this Sangiovese every day and I’ll live a happy life.