In two weeks I am going to a wine tasting focused on Petit Verdot. Must be 100%. Any recommendations for Petit Verdot? I was thinking of bringing a Château Belle-Vue Petit Verdot (never tried but looks interesting). Any other recommendations?
I have tried the Briceland Petit Verdots since 2012 (I believe their first year making them). Production is small, but Andrew Morris is on the board and if you reach out, he will assist. I’ve become friendly with Andrew over the years (so perhaps biased), but in this thread Robert Alfert reviews both the 2012 and the 2015.
Wow looked up on Tracker and I have only 7 notes on Petit Verdot. One of the better ones I have tasted is a winery from Washington that is no longer in business.
2004 Meek Family Estate Petit Verdot - USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley (3/22/2009)
One of the most impressive new wines I sampled in 2009 with blackberries, spice, violets, and coffee grounds. Concentrated wine with a medium to long finish. (91 points)
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There’s a very good B. Leighton label PV at House of Smith (Charles Smith/K Vintners). I don’t know if it’s 100%. Recommended as are any of Brennon’s wines.
Try something from Virginia. Veritas, Michael Shaps, The Barns at Hamilton Station, Stone Tower (though it’s expensive), Valley Road. All excellent, and something a bit different.
There are not that many Petit Verdot cuvées so I expect that finding some will be hard. The Bellevue one is good, as is this one I tried a few years ago:
If you’re looking to try something not from France or the US my company sells one called ‘Chaski’ from Perez Cruz in Chile. I’d say check for it in your local wine stores but I know it’s available on wine.com nationally.
A couple years ago David Phillips of Michael David Winery (Lodi, CA) hosted a local tasting I attended with friends. He poured some of their Inkblot wines including the Petit Verdot which was the most interesting wine of the night, imo. While not something I want to drink regularly, it was an enjoyable glass and remains one of my friend’s regular re-order wines every year.
*Looked up online & see it includes 10-15% Petite Sirah. Oops.
There are a few Colorado wineries that make a good PV. Bookcliff, Snowy Peak, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Colterris. Most should be available for shipping to VA and around $25 to $40. It could be a fun way to compare how high altitude changes the flavor profile. Canyon Wind used to make a wonderful PV until they closed, not sure if it can still be found (I assume one of the aforementioned wineries such as Colterris is bottling the PV grapes under their label since they bought a good portion of Canyon Wind’s vines).
The original Realm Cellars wines had a strongly unique Petit Verdot signature to them.
For instance, the 2005 Absurd was something like 35% PV, but I’m not seeing it at free Wine-Searcher.
The 2005 Realm Tempest, at something like 18% PV, is available at Benchmark, for $210.
I have a recollection, from back in the day, of Wendell telling me that the PV was their single most expensive grape purchase [even more so than any of the named vineyards producing the Cabernet].
Dog Ridge used to export a 100% PV to the USA, from their Duck Chase vineyard, but I’m not seeing it on free Wine-Searcher [which seems to think that no one has sold it worldwide since November 2017, and that’s a real shame].