Review: 2020 Hilmy Cellars Petit Verdot

Hilmy Cellars may be present in Fredericksburg within the Texas Excessive Plains, the place simply 115 instances of this petit verdot are made.

Petit verdot can typically be barely off-putting, and whereas this wine is initially daunting and aggressive, it quickly settles right into a groove that lets its floral character shine. Tannins roll the wine from tart cranberry to plum to darkish chocolate, with violets lingering on the end. Wants some cellar time to indicate its finest, however issues are settling down properly sufficient to essentially get pleasure from this wine immediately.

A- / $30 / hilmywine.com

2020 Hilmy Cellars Petit Verdot

$30

Ranking

9.0/10

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