Collection Petit Verdot

Beef, Lamb, Game (deer, venison), Mushrooms

The soil in our characterful Petit Verdot vineyards consists of decomposed granite with a naturally low yield due to its inherent composition and structure. At Glen Carlou we produce, in special vintages, a deeply coloured Petit Verdot as a single variety bottling, planted on soil specifically selected with subsoils containing clay and granite deposits - the clay cools and retains moisture, whilst the granite provides great minerality and backbone to the wine, securing full phenolic ripeness.

Before being bottled and labelled this wine matured in all new French 225 litre barriques for 18 months.

The grapes for this wine were handpicked and sorted, to retain the best of the berries which were then fermented naturally in 400 litre open top new French Oak barrels. The attention to detail throughout the winemaking process can be tasted on the wine. It was handled sensibly and sensitively with frequent and soft punch downs and gravity led transfers.

Glen Carlou is a Simonsberg-Paarl wine estate known for Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and classic South African red blends. With vineyards rooted in granite, quartz and koffieklip soils, the estate produces wines shaped by site, structure and a long-standing focus on balance.