Winery Martellotto - It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot

Winery MartellottoIt Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot

4.3
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot of Winery Martellotto is a red wine from the region of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara of California.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot of Winery Martellotto in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot

Pairings that work perfectly with It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot

Original food and wine pairings with It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot

The It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot of Winery Martellotto matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine or ginouflade (kind of truffade or aligot but multi cheese).

Details and technical informations about Winery Martellotto's It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot.

Winemaker
Greg Martellotto
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.2°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of It Was a Very Good Year Petit Verdot from Winery Martellotto are 2017

Informations about the Winery Martellotto

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara in the region of California
Find the Winery Martellotto on Twitter

The Winery Martellotto is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 45000 of of United States wines
In the top 1500 of of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

The wine region of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Grassini or the Domaine Crown Point produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or floral and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, cranberry or tropical fruit.


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

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The word of the wine: Primeur (purchase in)

Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.

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