Winery AbitoPetit Verdot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Petit Verdot of the Winery Abito is in the top 40 of wines of Maipu.
Food and wine pairings with Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Petit Verdot
The Petit Verdot of Winery Abito matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef with pepper or farfalle à la montagnarde.
Details and technical informations about Winery Abito's Petit Verdot.
Discover the grape 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Petit Verdot from Winery Abito are 2018, 2017, 0, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Abito
The Winery Abito is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Maipu to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Maipu
Mendoza's oldest wine department (Argentina), altitudes 650-850 m at the foot of the Andes. Clay and gravel soils, dry continental climate. Signature Malbec as red king: deep and solar with black blackberry, candied plum, cherry, violet, cocoa and sweet spice, round tannins and fleshy palate. Firm Cabernet (cassis, cedar, tobacco), supple Bonarda, floral white Torrontés, ample Pedro Ximénez.
The wine region of Mendoza
World capital of Malbec: powerful, deep reds with blackberry, plum, violet and sweet spice, round tannins and vivid fruit. Also firm Cabernet Sauvignon, supple, juicy Bonarda, aromatic floral white Torrontés. High-altitude vineyards (800-1,700 m) at the foot of the Andes, dry continental climate irrigated by glacial waters. ~80% of Argentine output across 150,000 ha.
The word of the wine: Lemonade maker
Corkscrew of the wine waiter equipped with a small blade allowing to cut the capsule, a worm and a system of rack allowing to extract the cork easily.
