Azamor Petit Verdot

TERROIR

Clayey Xisto/ Shale

YEAR

2015

ACIDITY

5,5 g/l  3.61pH  

THE WINE 

Petit Verdot’s home is in France, is the least known of the Bordeaux varieties which traditionally makes up around 5% of the final blended wines. Petit Verdot is a late maturing grape. Harvested purely on flavour, Azamors 100% Peter Verdot grapes are carefully hand selected and picked before being transported to the winery. Vinified separately in stainless steel tanks of 10 tons for 4 days, starting slowly with a temperature around 21ºC and rising slowly until it reaches 24ºC. Petit Verdot was aged for 12 months in our cellar, 35% in new French oak barrels and 2 years old. The Wine was bottled in August 2019.

ALCOHOL

FOOD PAIRING

Perfect combination for game dishes, venison, partridge, pheasant, rabbit and steak. Works well with Chocolate and typical Portuguese egg desserts.

VARIETY

100% Petit Verdot

TASTING NOTES

With a wonderfully vibrant colour, our Petit Verdot is an elegant red wine with a beautifully delicate fruit aroma, soft fresh fruit flavours and a classic french oak barrel lift. The wine has an excellent length and finishes with soft ripe tannins.

AWARDS

2014  Silver medal – SWA Sommelier Wine Awards

2011 ​“Silver Medal” Berliner Wien Trophy

2011 ​“Silver Medal” Sommelier Awards

2011 100 top wines – Wine Merchant Awards UK

2011 90 points Wine Enthusiast

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