Petit Verdot
Also known as: Petit Verdau, Verdot
Thick skin and late budbreak make it a strong East Coast performer despite long ripening.
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
Often blended with
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -8°F
- Ripening
- Late-season
- Vigor
- High
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–6.8
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Widely Available
Considerations
Primary buds start to die near -8°F. Cold-tender; wants a mild winter or protected site.
Needs roughly 3500 growing degree-days to ripen, a late-season variety (Winkler IV-V). Wants a long, warm season; marginal in cool regions.
Foliar-disease pressure is heavy for this variety, a intensive spray program in a humid climate. Plan on a full, well-timed fungicide schedule.
Susceptible to Pierce's disease. Only a threat in the warm, humid South and parts of California; cold-winter regions cure it naturally.
High vigor. Wants leaner ground and active canopy management, or fruit hides in shade.
High heat tolerance. Holds up to a hot, sunny season.
Moderate water demand. Average moisture needs for a wine grape.
Prefers soil pH between 6.0 and 6.8. Outside the band, lime or sulfur brings it in range.
Phylloxera-susceptible: plant grafted onto resistant rootstock.
These are intrinsic to the grape. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growSyrah
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (IV-V)
Sagrantino
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (IV-V)
Nebbiolo
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (IV-V)
Cabernet Sauvignon
Same heat band (high) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Lagrein
Same heat band (high) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Same heat band (high) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
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