I have done it…or shall I say my army of friends, my fearlessly thirsty partner and me have done it. After buying four cases (yes…four entire cases or 48 glorious 750ml bottles) of Adina’s 2005 very last vintage of Petit Verdot, we have officially finsihed the last bottle. I have written about this wine previously…and it has inspired many lively conversations about my love of Australian wine and the rouge and risk loving winemakers that create such jewels as a 100% Petit Verdot. So this is a sad day when the wine, every last dropplet, has been slurped up. Adina has chosen to not continue this wine for reasons that I can not really fathom (other than the pure economic sense of growing a more popular, mass production type of grape like merlot) and thus we will no longer have the joy of this rare and delightfully pungently pure varietal. Adina had put an attractive slant onto the grape that I cannot find replicated in other vineyards imitations. Perhaps they spiked it with something? Honestly though, all I know is that anyone who was welcomed to our home with a glass of Adina Petit Verdot ended up lying on our couch three hours later and two bottles down, happy and gurgling joyfully.
Rest in peace Adina Petit Verdot…you will be missed!
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