Winery Maggie MalickPetit Verdot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Petit Verdot of Winery Maggie Malick in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
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 Maggie Malick matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of puchero or pizza with beef and comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Maggie Malick'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 Maggie Malick are 2012, 2015, 0
Informations about the Winery Maggie Malick
The Winery Maggie Malick is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Middleburg Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Middleburg Virginia
AVA in the Northern Virginia Piedmont (Fauquier, Loudoun counties), 80 km from Washington DC, granite-gneiss subsoil, elevations 140–170 m. Cabernet Franc is the signature red: spiced and elegant with raspberry, red cherry, green pepper, herbs and a cedary note, fine tannins and preserved freshness. Viognier is the signature white (apricot, peach, white flowers) — ample and floral. Native Norton is rustic; Bordeaux blends complement.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Decanting
A sommelier uses a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
