Winery Carlos BassoSignature Petit Verdot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Signature Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Signature Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Signature Petit Verdot
The Signature Petit Verdot of Winery Carlos Basso matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter or gratin with chard leaves.
Details and technical informations about Winery Carlos Basso's Signature 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 Signature Petit Verdot from Winery Carlos Basso are 2011, 2008, 0, 2007 and 2004.
Informations about the Winery Carlos Basso
The Winery Carlos Basso is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Wiring
Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.
