🍇 Petit Verdot
Dark-skinned wine grape from France; 17 synonyms in VIVC.
Petit Verdot is a dark-skinned wine grape from France. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Verdot Petit, and the name Petit Verdot is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 729 ha in France (2006), 8 ha in Argentina (1991) and 1 ha in South Africa (1992). Samples of the variety are kept in 23 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Bonton Blanc, Bouton and Carmelin, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Petit Verdot → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Bordeaux
- Main grape in
- 📜 Haut-Médoc, 📜 Dominio de Valdepusa, 📜 Margaux, 📜 Saint-Estèphe, 📍 Médoc, 📜 Saint-Julien
- Related to
- 🍷 Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, 🍷 Le Volte dell'Ornellaia, 🍷 Variazioni in Rosso dell'Ornellaia, 🍷 Sarget de Gruaud Larose, 🍷 Amiral de Beychevelle, 🍷 Les Allées de Cantemerle
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Blend
Frequently asked questions
Where does Petit Verdot come from?
According to VIVC, from France.
What are the parents of Petit Verdot?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Petit Verdot known?
VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Bonton Blanc, Bouton and Carmelin, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ French wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📜 Saint-Julien — A Médoc village between Margaux and Pauillac with many famous châteaux.
- 🍷 Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia — Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia: red wine from the Ornellaia estate in Bolgheri; vintages 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 on the site.
- 🍷 Blend — Mixing wines or grape juices of different origins, varieties, vintages or categories; on an EU label the named varieties have to make up 100 %.
- 📜 Margaux — A famous Médoc appellation with elegant red wines, home of Château Margaux.
Similar
🍇 Gros Verdot · 🍇 Sauvignon Gris · 🍇 Saint-Macaire · 🍇 Merlot Blanc · 🍇 Carménère · 🍇 Cabernet Franc
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Verdot Petit
- VIVC: area statistics VERDOT PETIT
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata