The Wonderful World Of Petit Verdot

The Wonderful World Of Petit Verdot – Episode #391

January 22, 2008

Oh boy Gary will be in a good mind set today as he gets to taste his boyhood love “Petit Verdot” Honestly a grape that is on the rise with global warming.

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“The best Verdot I ever tasted was out of the barrel at Hanna in Alexan…” by Eddie
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Pago del Vicario Petit Verdot Rosado
2004 Murphy Goode River Ranch Petit Verdot 2004
2003 Stonegate Wappo Vineyard Petit Verdot
2006 Pearmund Petit Verdot

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October 5, 2009

Eddie
The best Verdot I ever tasted was out of the barrel at Hanna in Alexander Valley. Purple, plush and ripe. That’s rare for this grape, but Murphy Goode and Rancho Sisquoc get close also.
June 11, 2009

Kell Brigan
A petit verdot varietal was the first ever “real” wine I had, and it was love. (Trinchero 2001 — great complexity. Still tasting the finish.) I haven’t tried any others because I see it so rarely, but I definitely keep a look out. (And, now I’m going to watch for cab francs…) I’m also always on the watch for dry, green whites. Sauv. blancs, of course, but they’re so hard to do well, especially here in Zin country. I need to learn more about Alsace wines.)(Actually, I need to learn more about everything.)

P.S. How cool is your mom!
January 24, 2009

Joe Tom
2005 Casale del Giglio Petit Verdot Lazio IGT
showing very nicely right now
January 5, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
QOTD: I havent had one yet, and I was waiting for you to tell me to have one ( you know, being a sheep and all ).
July 11, 2008

Oakmon's BF
I first heard of petit verdot this year from Wine Library TV. The first one I had was about a month ago and it was the rosÃ© you tasted on this episode. I wasnâ€™t real big on it. I suspected it was because it was a rosÃ© which Iâ€™m not real used to. As I rewatch this episode Iâ€™m having my second petit verdot. Itâ€™s my first red PV and the first bottle from Wine Library that Iâ€™ve ever had. I made an automobile-pilgrimage to WL a little over a month ago. Itâ€™s a 2005 Casale de Gigio. My first impression isnâ€™t real good. It has a funny taste thatâ€™s strangely familiar. I think the rosÃ© had this taste too which suggests to me that PV isnâ€™t my thing. Iâ€™m going to finish this comment after I let it breath for a couple more hours.

No I donâ€™t like it. Both PVs Iâ€™ve had are giving me some sort of bad associationâ€”medicine or something sick related. I donâ€™t like it. I know one or two are not enough to pass permanent judgment on a varietal but I think itâ€™s going to be a while before I go out of my way again to get a PV, especially since I usually like (to varying degrees) almost every red wine I try.
April 2, 2008

Rob P
Gary…just tried my first PV and it was great. What an amazing value as well. It was the 2003 Hanging Rock PV at only $8.
March 19, 2008

John Bischoff
Hang in there folks……an affordable Petit Verdot varietal is on it’s way…..hard times for my winery has forced my to make my own from the Petit Verdot we grow — That is the ONLY variety we grow and we are very UP on it and feel it has super potential……

However, the price needs to be a little higher because of the late maturity and the potential in cooler years that there is no crop! We intend to market it as ‘The Merlot Verdot’TM and ‘The Cab Verdot’ TM. Visit http://www.nearsierra.com to get the ’scoop’ on this variety in California and it’s potential for great things to come…….Thanks, Gary, for talking it up!!
John
February 15, 2008

Carly
Watched this episode a while back and forgot to comment.

QOTD: Nope! Getting around to it. Need a loan to pay expenses before I can buy more wine
February 12, 2008

a.erol
â€œPetit Verdotâ€.. tried not.. but the man is gud. will try for him.
February 10, 2008

Ian
QOD: Pirramimma Petit Verdot 2002,03,04 (Australia, Excellent!) and Santa Carolina Barrica Selection Petit Verdot 2004 (Chile, just ‘okay’).

Cheers,

– Ian
February 6, 2008

ChezJosh
Zoinks! What am I waiting for? Free shipping!
February 2, 2008

IPv6Freely
Hmm I’ll have to try one of these!
February 1, 2008

GR8wine
Yep, I’m a big PV fan. I’ve had 2 of the 3 wines you tasted (Pearmund and MG). Too bad Chris didn’t send you an earlier vintage of the Pearmund, they were better than the still new ‘06 but I agree with your assessments. BTW – how long was the wine opened? I noticed the Pearmund fruit evolved significantly after being opened (for the better).
Best one I’ve ever had was ‘04 Vina Alicia Cuarzo from Lujan de Cuyo. It’s only 90% PV with the rest Grenache and Carignane but it’s awesome — You Gotta seek it out!
January 31, 2008

Keith Brown
This is TOO funny. I don’t even know if I’ve ever seen a PV varietal wine around here, even at the liquor store. I walk into my local grocery today (and I do mean local, this is not a chain store) and they’ve got a rack of 2001 Pirramimma PV clearance priced at $10! Reviews on Cork’d don’t sound too bad. Well of course I picked one up. Gary, are you messing with me??
January 31, 2008

Sam I
I’ve never had one… I’m not waiting for anything other than a serious recommendation from you for a wine at a reasonable price. Frankly at this point my biggest problem is I don’t have a wine cellar and I swing the several thousands it would take for one. Since these things have the tanins you’re talking about I’d need to cellar them in my nonexistant cellar…
January 29, 2008

Keith Brown
QOTD: Nope, never had one, that I know of anyway. I guess I’ll wait for the price to get a little more reasonable (i.e. more competition), but hopefully before they become milquetoast like most Cabs have.
January 29, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
I’ve had the 2003 Ballast Stone (from WL) and the 2004 Esoterica from Kent Rasmussen (from Wine.Woot). The Ballast Stone was awesome, Christmas spices and cranberry. The Esoterica was not good; it had no fruit, it was all thick, thick tannins. I tried it after one, two, and three nights and while it did smooth out it was still not palatable to me.

I wish I could get some more bottles of that Ballast Stone though.
January 27, 2008

Jack
Love the Murphy Goode Petit Verdot. It is not $23 but more like $35-$40 and worth every penny. If you want to try Petit Verdot start with the best, which is Murphy Goode. If you can find a bottle of the 2002 PV it is awesome and will turn you into a diehard Petit Verdot fan
January 27, 2008

Ryan
QOTD: picked one up from whole foods last week, it was okay, but I am not sure it brought the 8 dollars of thunder that I paid for it… Can’t think of a PV that has excited me. I guess I haven’t had many recently
January 27, 2008

jaybaer
I agree with some others about Pirramimma. I really like their stuff. Nice Shiraz in addition to my favorite P.V.

I also really like the 2003 Callaghan (AZ) PV made from California fruit.
January 27, 2008

DARREL LAS VEGAS
QOTD: PIRRAMIMMA PV 2001 bought 6 @ 3years ago ,save them for the aged steaks!
January 26, 2008

Dan-o
Never had a straight up PV, although I will look for one in the future.
I am a Bordeaux first wine-o, therefore I am sure it will rock!
January 26, 2008

Vinacull
Good meat ‘n potatoes Ep Gary. QOTD: Yes, don’t remember (shame on me), and it’s time to refresh my memory with a nice PV
January 26, 2008

Paul M
QOTD:
1 – No
2 – n/a
3 – not sure
January 26, 2008

Achilleas in Cyprus
Nope, never had it.
Will ask my favourite wine shop here if they have any and give it a whirl.