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Petit Verdot
Wine Style:
Usually as a blend, tends to add flavors of pencil shavings to blends and as a sweetener.
Flavors:
Origin:
Bordeaux in France
Found:
Australia, Chile, France, Hungary and amongst others
Petit Verdot is a very dark grape variety for red wine that has a thick skin. Petit Verdot used to be a more important variety than it is today.
There are only few areas where the grape can reach full ripening, because it is very late in ripening. Ideally the grape needs a long summer. If ripe the Petit Verdot gives a peppered, spicy, aromatic wine with a deep taste, tannin, color and alcohol.
Further Reading:
Appellation America
Cellar Notes
Epicurious
Petit Verdot.com
Raffaldini
Vinodiversity
Wikipedia
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