Never had P.V. But now that I know what to expect I will be looking for some next time I head to the store. We only get limited things here so I will have to look and see what they have in stock. I would not mind tasting the Murphy Goode.

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

QOTD:
1 – No
2 – n/a
3 – not sure

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 😉

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!

QOTD: PIRRAMIMMA PV 2001 bought 6 @ 3years ago ,save them for the aged steaks!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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??

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!

Hmm I’ll have to try one of these!

Zoinks! What am I waiting for? Free shipping!

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

Cheers,

– Ian

â??Petit Verdotâ?.. tried not.. but the man is gud. will try for him.

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 🙁

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

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.

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 rosé you tasted on this episode. I wasnâ??t real big on it. I suspected it was because it was a rosé 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 rosé 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.

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 😉 ).

2005 Casale del Giglio Petit Verdot Lazio IGT
showing very nicely right now

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!