Winemaker Notes
Rich Black fruit combined with herbal notes and toasted, spiced oak. This full-bodied wine is velvety with hints of chocolate and polished tannins.
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The 2024 Petit Verdot Capítulo Dos comes from Agrelo in Luján de Cuyo and was aged for 10–12 months in French oak (15% new). It opens with dried orange peel, petit four, menthol and bay leaf layered over a core of black fruit. Intense and expansive on the palate, it offers gripping, slightly rugged tannins that give shape and character. It carries generous volume and finishes on juicy black fruit. One of those rare Petit Verdots that you actually can drink.
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.
By far the largest and best-known winemaking province in Argentina, Mendoza is responsible for over 70% of the country’s enological output. Set in the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains, the climate is dry and continental, presenting relatively few challenges for viticulturists during the growing season. Mendoza, divided into several distinctive sub-regions, including Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley, is the source of some of the country’s finest wines.
For many wine lovers, Mendoza is practically synonymous with Malbec. Originally a Bordelaise variety brought to Argentina by the French in the mid-1800s, here it found success and renown that it never knew in its homeland where a finicky climate gives mixed results. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir are all widely planted here as well (and sometimes even blended with each other or Malbec). Mendoza's main white varieties include Chardonnay, Torrontés, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon.