Wines made from Petit Verdot grapes of Ica
Discover the best wines made with Petit Verdot as a single variety or as a blend of Ica.
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 Ica
Valle de Ica Lies in the Ica province of Peru. It is one of five centres of Grapegrowing within the Protected Designation of Origin for Pisco production, and often appears on labels. There are around 85 producers in the area. As in other zones, Vineyards dedicated for Pisco are most often planted to members of the Muscat family of grape varieties.
What are the typical flavors of the Petit Verdot grape variety?
- Non oakPresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- OakPresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- Red fruitPresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- Black fruitPresent in 4% of Petit Verdot
- EarthPresent in 3% of Petit Verdot
- FloralPresent in 3% of Petit Verdot
- OakyPresent in 3% of Petit Verdot
- SpicesPresent in 3% of Petit Verdot
- LeatherPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- ChocolatePresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- TobaccoPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- CherryPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- Black cherriesPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- PlumPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- VioletPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- BlackberryPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- EarthyPresent in 2% of Petit Verdot
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Petit Verdot
News about the grape variety Petit Verdot
Bordeaux winemaker turns north to make Breton Chardonnay
Lamballe, CEO of window manufacturer FenêtréA, purchased the 25-hectare property Kerfraval in the village of Baden, near the natural harbour of the Gulf of Morbihan, in March 2022. Sallaud will transform Kerfraval into a wine estate, named Domaine Lamballe, comprising a winery – where he will make still and sparkling wine – a visitor centre and six gites. ‘We will plant 10ha of Chardonnay in April this year to make still and sparkling wines,’ Sallaud told Decanter. ‘Mr Lamballe loves Chablis, he ...
Bordeaux agrees funding to pull up vineyards
Bordeaux’s wine bureau, the CIVB, confirmed a financing deal has been agreed with the government to help winemakers pull up thousands of hectares of vineyards, as announced at the Salon d’Agriculture show in Paris. ‘These tools put us in a position to pull out 9,500 hectares of vines in [the department of] Gironde,’ the CIVB said. Bordeaux‘s wine region had around 108,000 hectares of vines in 2022, according to figures from the wine bureau. The CIVB had previously argued that uprooti ...
Robert Mondavi joins the NFT craze
Robert Mondavi Winery is the latest winery to join the NFT craze and its upcoming launch could be pivotal in determining if and how the rest of the wine industry will adopt cryptocurrency in the future. Consisting of a unique generative art piece that’s also attached to future experiences at the winery, Mondavi’s NFTs will accompany 1,966 1.5-litre porcelain wine bottles created in partnership with Bernardaud, the renowned French porcelain house that dates back to 1863. The porcelain bottles are ...