Why you'll love this wine
Petit Verdot is a variety which is most commonly known as a blending component of the famous Bordeaux blends. With the Estate Petit Verdot vines first planted in 1996, Millbrook Winery has taken this lesser-known French varietal and firmly planted it in the spotlight of the Perth Hills wine region in Western Australia.
This is a richly concentrated wine with a dark core of blackberry, cherry, cola and licorice. Full-bodied and larger-than-life, this is a structured wine with ripe tannins ensuring a long, powerful finish. As Campbell Mattinson of the Halliday Wine Companion once said of the Millbrook Winery Estate Petit Verdot: "If you're going to single out Petit Verdot, make it a goodun'; this one is."
Tasting Notes
colour
Deep ruby hue.
aroma
Abundant nose, bursting with black and red plums and baking spice.
palate
A rich, concentrated core of blackberry, overlaid with smooth morello cherry and notes of cola and licorice. A full-bodied, larger-than-life style, with great structure supported by rich, ripe tannins that ensure a long, textured finish.
cellaring
While it's drinking beautifully now, the power and concentration of this style give it the potential to age for ten or more years from vintage.
Technical
vintage
The 2023 season started with a mild spring with adequate soil moisture, resulting in a slightly later harvest. A moderate summer led to ideal ripening conditions with little pressure in the vineyard and a lack of any major rain events during the ripening season. 2023 produced fruit with optimal varietal expression and balanced acid.
winemaking
The Petit Verdot vines on the Millbrook estate were planted in 1996 on a shallow gravel ridge, with a south-west aspect.
All the fruit was hand harvested from the estate vineyards in Jarrahdale. It was fermented on skins for 14 days, with the cap plunged twice daily for optimal colour and flavour extraction. Following a gentle pressing, the wine was matured for 18 months in seasoned French oak barriques.
region
Perth Hills (Millbrook Winery Estate)
variety
Petit Verdot
analysis
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- pH: 3.56
- Acidity (TA): 6.55 g/L
Food Pairings
Fabulous with a herb-crusted roast rack of Western Australian lamb.
