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
Founded in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Bodega Trapiche is one of Argentina's oldest, most revered, and internationally recognized wine producers, based in Maipú, Mendoza. Operating from a historic Florentine-style winery at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, the estate combines over a century of viticultural heritage with pioneering innovation and biodynamic practices. Renowned as a trailblazer of Argentine Malbec, Trapiche works with grower vineyards across premium microclimates to craft terroir-driven Single Vineyard selections, versatile Oak Cask varietals, and elegant white and sparkling wines that celebrate the diverse terroirs of Mendoza.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Petit Verdot
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%