Fond Cave Reserva Petit Verdot
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops with rosemary, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Fond de Cave' range by Trapiche—translating to 'the bottom of the cellar'—pays homage to the old-world tradition where winemakers tucked away their most precious, structured barrels for personal consumption and special guests. While Petit Verdot is historically utilized as a minor blending grape in Bordeaux due to its late-ripening nature, the intense high-altitude sunlight and dry climate of Mendoza allow this challenging variety to achieve magnificent, standalone ripeness. This Reserva bottling captures the grape's wild, untamed character, offering a deeply colored, muscular profile. Through careful aging in oak casks, the naturally robust and rustic tannins of the Petit Verdot are polished into a velvety, sophisticated frame, showcasing a beautiful marriage of dark fruit intensity, floral violet notes, and savory spice.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Bodega Trapiche stands as one of the historic pillars of Argentine viticulture. Located in Coquimbito, Maipú, within a meticulously restored 1912 Florentine-style bodega, the estate balances immense production scale with nuanced terroir exploration. Under the ownership of Grupo Peñaflor and winemaking direction of Sergio Casé, Trapiche orchestrates fruit from over 1,000 hectares of estate vineyards alongside long-term grower partnerships. Holdings span high-altitude alluvial terraces in the Uco Valley, classic Primera Zona terroirs, and pioneering cool-climate oceanic sites in Chapadmalal on the Atlantic coast. Viticulture emphasizes environmental sustainability, complemented by certified biodynamic estate parcels. In the cellar, gentle extraction and refined oak aging define benchmark expressions like the iconic Iscay blend, the single-vineyard Terroir Series Malbecs, and the maritime Costa & Pampa line, showcasing the dynamic breadth of contemporary Argentina.
🍇 Grapes
Petit Verdot
🍷 ABV
13.5-14.5%