Wineries

Fattoria Villa La Selva

Tenuta di Petrolo

The Petrolo Estate is owned by Lucia Bazzocchi Sanjust, and is managed by her son Luca Sanjust. The technician agronomist of the company is Mr. Carlo Nesterini, the wine technician of the company is Mr. Stefano Guidi, who make use of external advice, both on oenologic and agronomic issues, of Mr. Carlo Ferrini.

Production area: the property currently covers 272 hectares, of which 31 hectares of specialized vineyards, 19 hectares of olive groves and the rest arable land and forest at an altitude between 250 and 400 meters above sea level, where the terrain presents rocky stratifications of marl. The area is the one of the Arezzo hills that encircle Monti Chianti, historically known and delimited in 1716 by the Grand Duke of Tuscany as a particularly precious winemaking and olive growing area. The Petrolo Estate was part of the medieval fiefdom of "Galatrona", of which there is still the tower (Torrione (great tower) which from which the name of the wine comes), built on foundations of the Roman era. The Estate was purchased by the Bazzocchi family in the forties, and since the second half of the eighties the current owner is Lucia Sanjust Bazzocchi, who, with the help of his son Luca Sanjust, has pursued a wine production based exclusively on research criteria of extreme quality.