Wines made from Petit Verdot grapes of Western Cape
Discover the best wines made with Petit Verdot as a single variety or as a blend of Western Cape.
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 Western Cape
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
What are the typical flavors of the Petit Verdot grape variety?
- OakPresent in 52% of Petit Verdot
- Black fruitPresent in 44% of Petit Verdot
- EarthPresent in 41% of Petit Verdot
- Non oakPresent in 37% of Petit Verdot
- SpicesPresent in 33% of Petit Verdot
- Red fruitPresent in 32% of Petit Verdot
- MicrobioPresent in 20% of Petit Verdot
- FloralPresent in 14% of Petit Verdot
- VegetalPresent in 13% of Petit Verdot
- Dried fruitPresent in 12% of Petit Verdot
- Tree fruitPresent in 8% of Petit Verdot
- Dark fruitPresent in 6% of Petit Verdot
- Citrus fruitPresent in 6% of Petit Verdot
- ChocolatePresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- SmokePresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- RaspberryPresent in 5% of Petit Verdot
- OakyPresent in 4% of Petit Verdot
- LeatherPresent in 4% of Petit Verdot
- PepperPresent in 4% of Petit Verdot
- PlumPresent in 4% of Petit Verdot
News about the grape variety Petit Verdot
Napa Valley barrel auction total hits $1.5m
A new-look Napa Valley barrel auction saw 75 lots raise a total $1.5m in aid of children’s mental health, organisers have announced. Many wines were from the 2021 vintage, and Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) reported an average price per lot of $18,683, which it said was a new record. The barrel auction is now part of Collective Napa Valley, a philanthropy-focused initiative created to offer events and sales for wine lovers throughout the year – replacing the previous Auction Napa Valley event that s ...
Bordeaux court convicts suspects in major wine fraud case
Five people were convicted by the Tribunal Judiciaire de Bordeaux on 26 January for their role in the wine fraud, with collective penalty of €670,000 (£589,000) among fines announced by the court, according to media outlet France Bleu. It’s estimated that nearly 35,000 hectolitres of Spanish wine – equivalent to around 4.6 million bottles – was brought across the border into France in tankers as part of a large-scale fraud operation that began in 2014 and continued through 2016. The wine w ...
Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan
Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...