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The Renegade Series ...2006 Petit Verdot - El Dorado 'Grand Reserve'
Source: Duarte Vineyard, El Dorado County
Harvest Date: September 30, 2006
Brix at Harvest: 26
Time in Barrel: 18 months
Type of Oak: Neutral French & American
Alcohol: 15.2%
Bottled: April 9, 2008
Production: 92 cases
Winemaker’s Notes: The grape creates a "spice box" element with dense fruit, dark color, pow- erful flavors, and heavy tannins. Petit Verdot is occasionally, but rarely bottled anywhere as a stand-alone varietal. Brix can dictate an exception. Since this grape ripens late, its usefulness can be limiting due to rain and weather that inhibit a useful harvest but not in El Dorado County!
However, after harvest and as this wine matured in the barrel, we realized that we had something really special and rare. The wine jumps out of the glass with heavy scents of jammy violets and follows with a full mid-palette and a long seductive finish that you will not soon forget.
This wine internally was awarded our highest accolade as was bottled as Ascendance; the top of our mountain!!
Bright Hope Designs