Petit Verdot Bordeaux Rive droite vin rouge tranquille

Origin: Bordeaux
Growing regions: France, Bolgheri, California, Australia

Petit Verdot from the Right Bank of Bordeaux — a late-ripening red variety grown in the Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux appellation on the clay-limestone and clay-gravel soils of the Gironde estuary — is used primarily as a blending variety to bring intense colour, vigorous tannins, spicy aromas and ageing potential.