• FLAMBERET PEBERBØF med madagascar peber og flødesauce
• DYRERYG med stegte æbler og calvadossauce
• FASAN med nye danske kartofler og druesauce

• 98 Points, Double Gold Best of Class, Best of Lodi-Mokelumne River AVA – 2020 Harvest Challenge
• 95 Points, Best Petit Verdot, Double Gold – 2020 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition
• 94 pts – Wine Enthusiast
  This powerful but elegant wine is concentrated, deeply flavorful and firmly structured. Luxurious black cherry, dark chocolate, graphite and a hint of tobacco leaf give it plenty to savor while a robe of fine-grained tannins wraps it up warmly. Best from 2024. — Jim Gordon

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes

Petit Verdot is a “noble grape” that has it’s origins in the Southwest region of France. However, since it is a later ripening grape, it fell out of favor in it’s homeland of France since it would sometimes not fully ripen before the weather turned. Here in the “new world”, the climate allows us to gain more maturity due to a more consistent growing season.

This Petit Verdot comes from our Estate single vineyard placed to the west of our tasting room and production facility.
2017 was the first vintage we harvested fruit from this vineyard. The vineyard is sustainably farmed and certified green under Lodi Rules.

Complex, elegant bold flavors, deep dark in color. The wine has rich flavors of blackberries, cocoa and violet with a mild smoky character with rich tannins.

FiniVin’s bemærkninger

Petit Verdot benyttes i stadig mindre grad i Bordeaux. Faktisk bruges den i dag mest som ”krydderi” til topvinene fra Médoc, hvor den tilføjer den sidste farve, tannin og struktur. Sorten modner ekstremt sent, endda senere end Cabernet Sauvignon. På den anden side er Petit Verdot interessant, grundet sin kraftige duft af violer, dybe farve og gode struktur. Hvad der mangler af sol i Bordeaux, har de så rigeligt i Californien. Måske derfor oplever Petit Verdot stigende interesse fra disse kanter.

Farven i denne vin er dyb mørkerød, næsten sort. En dejlig intens bouquet af mørke bær og moden frugt. Smagen er fuld af solbær, brombær, mørke kirsebær samt mocca, kakao og lakrids, afsluttende med en fantastisk frugtrig og let sødmefuld karakter.

Kort sagt: Denne store vin fylder munden med en saftighed og koncentration, så man bare må have en slurk mere!