Petit Verdot of Argentina — Profile, Food Pairings & Best Wines | Winedexer
Discover the best wines made with Petit Verdot as a single variety or as a blend of Argentina.
More informations about the variety Petit Verdot
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
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More informations about the wines of Argentina
Argentina is one of the most important wine producing countries in the New World, and the largest producer of wine in South America. The high-altitude deserts of the eastern Andes have given rise to a high-quality wine industry, and the Terroir of this region is well suited to Argentina's adopted Grape variety, the ubiquitous Malbec. Originally from France/bordeaux">Bordeaux, it is now the source of some of Argentina's most famous wines, which are characterized by brilliance and intensity, with Floral">floral notes and black fruit flavors. Covering just over 2.
What are the typical flavors of the Petit Verdot grape variety?
- OakPresent in 80% of Petit Verdot
- Black fruitPresent in 73% of Petit Verdot
- Non oakPresent in 64% of Petit Verdot
- EarthPresent in 63% of Petit Verdot
- SpicesPresent in 62% of Petit Verdot
- Red fruitPresent in 59% of Petit Verdot
- MicrobioPresent in 34% of Petit Verdot
- Dried fruitPresent in 33% of Petit Verdot
- FloralPresent in 26% of Petit Verdot
- VegetalPresent in 18% of Petit Verdot
- CherryPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- OakyPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- BlackberryPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- TobaccoPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- VanillaPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- CoffeePresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- PlumPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- ChocolatePresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- LeatherPresent in 13% of Petit Verdot
- RaspberryPresent in 13% of Petit Verdot