Napa Valley (Varietal Petit Verdot)

Napa Valley Petit Verdot is the warm-climate, varietal face of a grape born to be blended: a big, inky, densely tannic California red of black plum, blueberry and violet, given the reliable sunshine this famously late-ripening Bordeaux variety could never count on at home. Where Bordeaux uses Petit Verdot as a splash of colour and spice, Napa's long, warm growing season ripens it fully into a bold, savoury, oak-framed wine in its own right.