Description
The grape comes from Bordeaux, where it is traditionally used as a minor component assembly of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Petit Verdot is a late variety that has found in the Pontine Marshes ideal conditions, such as very bright, persistent sea breeze and warm soils that allow the full ripening of the grapes, making it possible to propose also in purity, rarity nationwide.
Details

Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

Pairings
- Start up year: 1967
- Oenologist: Paolo Tiefenthaler
- Bottles produced: 1.700.000
- Hectares: 164
still working together on this initiative Professor Attilio Scienza, the Institute of Arboreal Cultivation, University of Milan, Prof. Angelo Costacurta, Experimental Institute for Viticulture in Conegliano (Treviso) and Prof. Fulvio Mattivi of Edmund Foundation Mach - Research and Innovation Centre of the Istituto Agrario San Michele Provincial (Trento), from which the oenologist, Paolo Tiefenthaler. The wine cultivation models that have inspired this research are those practiced in Bordeaux, Australia and California, which are territories exposed to the influence of the coast, exactly as the Pontine Marshes, which benefits from the influence of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Read more


Name | Casale del Giglio Petit Verdot 2023 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Lazio IGT |
Vintage | 2023 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Petit Verdot |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lazio |
Vendor | Casale del Giglio |
Wine making | The red wine is in part realized with submerged cap for the extraction of the tannins and in part with pressing to obtain a good extraction of color. |
Aging | in barriques for 8 2 months and for 6 months in bottle. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |