Wine Region: Médoc

Petit Verdot is a black grape from southwestern France. French cultivar data records maturity around three and a half to four weeks after Chasselas in its reference conditions; Bordeaux’s interprofessional description calls it late-ripening in its local context. Fully ripe fruit can produce deeply coloured, rich, firm-tannined wines, while Bordeaux producers often use it as a small blending component for colour, structure and aromatic depth.

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