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Petit Verdot
Napa Valley · Napa · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Petit Verdot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Napa Valley · Napa
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
grilled red meats · meat stews · aged cheeses
Rated vintages
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200988 pts
A good, classy wine, showing refined Napa tannins and acidity, and flavors of blackberries and cassis. There's a hole in the middle that shows the challenges of making Petit Verdot, traditionally a blending wine, on its own.
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200892 pts
An intense concentration of blackberry and cassis fruit marks this dry, opulent wine. It could easily be a Cabernet Sauvignon, with its rich vein of tannins and distinguished structure. Although it's a bit hot in alcohol, it represents one of the more successful varietal bottlin…