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Broken Earth Winery Petite Verdot 2012


A stunning deep red garnet hue with aromas of musty (in a delightful way) with bright candy cherry, gushing sweet fragrances of baby powder, more delightful perfume with cigar box, and fresh strawberries. Just WOW!

Palate--Elegantly blended with puckery tannins, mouth filling flavors of a host of dark berries and brighter red fruit on the rear. Finish lingers and all of it just makes you want to go back and do it all over again.

Petite Verdot is classically a blending grape and not a varietal.  Over the past decade and a half more California vintners have been breaking out and experimenting.  This Paso Robles creation is really quite wonderful.  

I grabbed this at a New Hampshire liquor store where it was a "power buy" reduced from $30 to $14. Some of these "power buys" are a bit dubious.  This one's a keeper. *Well done Chris Cameron, well done!

Raise a glass!!!


*I just checked with Winemag.com on their review. They give this an 86. Not sure when they tasted it but they have missed the mark by a mile. 

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