90 - Points by Wilfred Wong.
One of the best-kept wine secrets in the wine biz is the excellent red Bordeaux blend values from Tuscany. The 2022 Petra Hebo Suvereto falls in this category. This wine is smooth on the palate and shows aromas and flavors of rustic earth, savory spices, and dried blackberries.
Blend: 55% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Franc
 
Winemaker Notes ~ Petra Azienda Agricola
Bright ruby red. On nose it reveals fresh aromas of black cherries, violets, blueberries, peonies, mineral hints and nuances of maquis shrubland. The taste is fresh, sapid, light, pleasantly fruity, subtly sapid, with gentle, well-tailored tannins.
 
The name of Hebo is taken from an ancient Etruscan settlement and recalls the historical roots of Suvereto. It is produced with a classic assemblage of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and Sangiovese, varietals introduced to this area by Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, Princess of Piombino from 1805 and enlightened wine enthusiast.
Vineyard Notes
Origin: San Lorenzo and Riotorto.
Terroir: Loamy-sandy texture, slightly calcareous.
Ageing
At least 12 months in second or third-fill barrels, 30 and 50 hl barrels. 6 months in bottle.
 
When someone arrives at Petra for the first time, they are enchanted by the power of nature and by a light that has an uncommon depth at these latitudes.
The estate is steeped in a very special ecosystem, which breathes and whispers, permeated by warmth and with an underground current which pervades the soil and reaches through the produce of the land – grapes, but a lot more too. Petra’s landscape and nature are unique: the green belt of the Colline Metallifere, near the Montioni Natural Park, with the Poggio Tre Cancelli Natural Reserve, up to the Sterpaia Coastal Park, looking over the Tyrrhenian Sea, a constant presence on the horizon, a single blue tone in a landscape otherwise dominated by two essential colors – green and russet.
It starts in the vineyards, to appreciate the full power of the landscape, of the land, and of a careful and gentle approach to viticulture, and continues with a visit to the cellar. Here there is synergy between shapes (beams, blocks, columns and vaults), materials (elm, oak, Prun stone, flower embossed stainless steel) and natural light (the only source of lighting, carefully exploited by the architectural design).