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Petit Verdot

Frazier

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

  • 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.

  • 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…