Winemaker Notes
Pair this hearty red with aged cheese, lamb shank or roasted pork loin
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Matchbook Petit Verdot is firm, well-built, and lasting on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine packs attractive aromas and flavors of black fruit, licorice, violets, and oak. Enjoy it with a grilled ribeye. (Tasted: March 22, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
One of the original Bordeaux varieties, Petit Verdot has a bold structure, color and aromas, which allow it to make a significant difference in Bordeaux Blends—even in modest amounts. While it isn’t planted in Bordeaux in great quantities anymore, its virtues are increasingly identified elsewhere. Somm Secret—Producing phenomenal single-varietal wines in hot and dry locations in the New World, Petit Verdot also finds a happy home in parts of Spain as well as in in Portugal’s Alentejo where it gracefully blends with the regions' indigenous varieties.
Mitigated by mild Sacramento River Delta breezes, the Dunnigan Hills appellation is in the northwest portion of Yolo County and has a Mediterranean climate.