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Gifford Hirlinger Estate Petite Verdot (Walla Walla Valley (WA))
Walla Walla Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Petite Verdot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Walla Walla Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley
- Appellation
- Walla Walla Valley
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carne assada · cordeiro · queijos envelhecidos · guisados · churrasco
Rated vintages
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200890 pts
Clean and well-ripened fruit holds down center court here; tart and tight flavors of currant and berry. It's wrapped in a shell of tannin that is still hard and seeming to hold the wine back. The best guess is to give it some bottle age and let it breathe, and you will be reward…
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200789 pts
All estate-grown fruit, blended with 11% Merlot, which seems to soften up the tannins a bit. This is aromatic and complex, weaving together scents of cassis, licorice, tobacco and smoke. Flavors follow, with plenty of black cherry fruit in the concentrated core.