Abacela 2005 Petit Verdot (Southern Oregon)

Country: US /
Variety: Petit Verdot Oregon
Winery: Abacela / Southern Oregon

This is the winery’s first bottling of this Bordeaux blending grape It is a curiosity that will be of interest to those in search of the unique and rare, but this does not convince me that the grape should be the centerpiece of a varietal wine. There’s tangy, plummy fruit, searing acids and very astringent tannins. But the wine is incomplete—there’s no middle.