Little-known grape of the Gironde (F), Petit Verdot was mentioned in 1736 in Bordeaux where it always played a minor role in blends to give body and aromas. This late and productive grape variety, sensitive to drought, is rarely cultivated in Switzerland, where it generally enters Bordeaux-style blends to which it brings power, color and lots of tannins.
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Hybrid
Other names: Petit Verdot
Allogenic
2 HA
0.01%
Aroma Potential
Gives tannic wines with high concentrations of anthocyanins, structured, of a rather dark bright color, with very honorable alcoholic degrees, of good aging - its total acidity rate is often high -, very long to develop their bouquet. They will be very useful in assembling wines - even in small percentage 5 to 10% - from other grape varieties.Aromas of banana for a young wine, black cherry, flowers, red fruits (raspberry, ...), lilac, menthol, spicy notes, plum, liquorice, sage, violet for a slightly older wine, zan.
Black Cherry
Raspberry
Plum
Licorice
Sage
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