Wines made from Petit Verdot grapes of Bordeaux Sec

Discover the best wines made with Petit Verdot as a single variety or as a blend of Bordeaux Sec.

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More informations about the variety Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

More informations about the region of Bordeaux

All Dry white wines produced in Gironde can claim the regional appellation Bordeaux sec. The 1977 decree specifies that white wines with an Alcohol content of between 10 and 13° and a sugar content of less than 4g/l must be labelled as dry Bordeaux. The Bordeaux dry wine area covers 6,500 hectares and produces an average of 383,000 hl of wine per year. Its soils are clay-limestone, clay-siliceous, made up of gravel, sand and silt.

News about the grape variety Petit Verdot

Bollinger Group purchases Sancerre estate Hubert Brochard

The Champagne house expanded into the region when it acquired Maison Langlois-Chateau in Saumur back in 1973. It then bolstered its presence in Sancerre with the acquisition of Château de Thauvenay in 2016. Now it has tied up a deal to bring the family-run Hubert Brochard estate into the fold. ‘The acquisition of Hubert Brochard estate represents a unique opportunity to consolidate our footprint in this fantastic region and to continue to promote, in France and internationally, its savoir-faire ...

Oakville 2020: The top Cabernets from this Napa AVA

QUICK LINK Napa Cabernet 2020: full vintage report and top-scoring wines As with the previous vintage, the few Cabernets from Oakville I sampled are among my top scorers for the 2020 vintage. They are perfumed, elegant, light on their feet with good fruit concentration, and show poise and balance. Scroll down for the top-scoring Oakville 2020 Cabernets Early in my tastings, I visited Screaming Eagle and spoke with winemaker Nick Gislason, who said that ripening was slowed a bit by what he descri ...

Governments, companies and consumers boycott Russian-made products

Leading UK wine and spirits supplier Enotria&Coe said it was no longer ‘actively sourcing’ Russian products, and was planning to donate all profits from sales of current Russian stock to support victims of the war. In an email to customers, managing directors Ants Rixon and Sam Thackeray provided information about a number of Russian vodka brands stocked by the company. These include Stolichnaya – made in Latvia and owned by Russian billionaire and Putin critic Yuri Shefler – and Russian Sta ...