Vino de Pago - Petit Verdot - Valdepusa, IT - 17
 
The wine itself is opulent, yet it’s extremely powerful, especially in youth, presenting flavors of dark dry cherry, blackberry bramble, and raspberry liqueur. Delightfully, it’s the Petit Verdot in the blend that really got my attention, providing the necessary undertones of earthiness to balance the explosive fruit flavors and heat. Notably this aspect is also very light and mineralic, adding soft perfume and silky nuance. The biology of the vineyard imparts undertones of rosemary, thyme, lavender, even some lighter honey, and apricot flavors. The minerality is incredible - notes of granite flake, sand, and pumice. This is an extraordinarily complex wine, definitive and discernibly Old-World flavors with New-World presence.