This is a new wine from Il Borro, and although the appellation is identified as Val d'Arno di Sopra in this vintage, the 2017 vintage seems to carry an IGT Toscana designation instead. The 2016 Val d'Arno di Sopra Sangiovese in Anfora Petruna represents the estate's first attempt at fermenting and aging organically grown fruit in terracotta amphorae. The wine remains in contact with the grape skins for 12 months in those clay vessels. This pretty wine offers Sangiovese purity and elegance. Replacing oak with clay has not created oxidized flavors. Rather, this pretty wine is infused with wild cherry, blue flower and freshly tilled soil. There is great freshness here and the wine does not lack in structure. In fact, it held tightly together.