Serbal Petit Verdot 2025

Get to know: Serbal Petit Verdot 2025

Petit Verdot from Tupungato in Mendoza's Uco Valley, an intense Argentinian red wine from Bodega Atamisque.

Tasting Note

Inky purple and bold, this is the grape doing exactly what it does best. Blackcurrant and violet come up first, with blueberry and a lift of smoke right behind. On the palate it's intense, with grippy tannins holding everything in place and a touch of leather underneath. Something different for the red drinker who likes structure, and it really comes into its own with food off the grill.

Top food pairings:

• Grilled rib-eye, Argentinian asado style
• Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with cumin and garlic
• Smoky black bean and roasted red pepper chilli

Kate Says

"Our buyer Nic tasted this in Didsbury with the team and reckons it's one of the best Petit Verdots we've had, and really good value too. There's no oak on it. That smoky bit is just the grape doing its thing. Great with steak off the grill, lamb chops, that kind of thing. Give it a bit of air first and see what you think."

Producer Info

Bodega Atamisque grows this wine on its own Finca Atamisque in San José, in the Tupungato department of Mendoza. The vines sit 1,300 metres above sea level on alluvial loam packed with rounded stones over a rocky subsoil, and they're drip-irrigated.

How it's made:

• Vines trained on a spur-pruned double cordon, yielding 8,000 kg per hectare
• Picked by hand in March into 18kg boxes
• Sorted twice, first by bunch and then by individual berry
• Moved into tank by gravity, with no pumps
• Six days of cold maceration at 8°C, then 22 days' fermentation at 25°C in temperature-controlled stainless steel
• Natural, complete malolactic fermentation
• No oak ageing

Good to know:

• Region: Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
• Grape: Petit Verdot (100%)
• Style: Red, still
• Closure: Diam Cork
• Vegan: Not supplied
• ABV: 14%
• Vintage: 2025

Why we love it:

This Argentinian red wine from Tupungato is packed with blueberry and has a smoky edge. The 2024 vintage scored 16.5/20 from Jancis Robinson, and it's a great match for anything off the barbecue.