Winery Afton Mountain VineyardEstate Reserve Petit Verdot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Estate Reserve Petit Verdot of the Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard is in the top 50 of wines of Monticello.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Estate Reserve Petit Verdot of Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Estate Reserve Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Estate Reserve Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Estate Reserve Petit Verdot
The Estate Reserve Petit Verdot of Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica) or 4 cheese fondue.
Details and technical informations about Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard's Estate Reserve Petit Verdot.
Discover the grape 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Estate Reserve Petit Verdot from Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard are 2014, 0
Informations about the Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard
The Winery Afton Mountain Vineyard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Monticello to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monticello
The wine region of Monticello is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jefferson Vineyards or the Domaine Jefferson Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monticello are Cabernet franc, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monticello often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
The wine region of Virginia
Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.
The word of the wine: Servadou iron
A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.
