LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA

What we love about LaBelle Winery located in Amherst, New Hampshire is that Winemaker Amy LaBelle, is crafting delectable, less well-known wines, like her LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot. This bold, red wine is richly succulent and redolent with black fruit, floral, violet, and tobacco notes. It’s gorgeous to drink on its own, and pairs well with grilled steaks, bold food, and dark chocolate. We paired LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot with Luxury Experience – Grilled Chicken with “PV” Barbecue Sauce. We not only drank the wine, we also added some Petit Verdot to our homemade barbecue sauce to bring out the flavors of the wine and complement the food, and it was a perfect match. Cheers and Bon Appetit!

Country:	United States
Region:	Amherst, New Hampshire
Varietal:	100% Petit Verdot
Alcohol:	13.8% alcohol
Type:	Dry Red Wine
Aging:	Aged in French and American oak barrels for approximately 1 year
Cellaring:	May be cellared up to 10 years
Acidity:	3.94 pH
Titratable Acidity:	<1.0%
Residual Sugar:	1.20%
Produced & bottled by:	LaBelle Winery, 345 Route 101, Amherst, NH, USA
Winemaker:	Amy LaBelle
Retail:	$27/bottle
Serving Temp:	Serve just below room temperature

Technical and Bottle Notes: “Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. As a young grape, its aromas are likened to banana or pencil shavings. When ripens, it presents deep tannin structure, bold color, and rich leather/violet tones.”

Pairing Bottle Notes: “Pair with grilled beef and dark chocolate.”

Tasting Notes: The color is a deep, dark purple color. On the nose it entices with dark fruit, floral and violet, tobacco, and leather notes with bold flavors on the palate. With this intensely delicious and bold red wine, we opted to pair it with grilled chicken with homemade barbecue sauce with a touch of LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot in the sauce to round out the flavors. The Petit Verdot held its own and was a complement to the rich bold barbecue sauce. We also paired the wine with spicy Asian food and that, too, was an excellent pairing.

Luxury Experience was “In the kitchen and behind the bar®” creating an incredibly special handcrafted culinary recipe to tempt your palate and inspire your own creations.

The Culinary Recipe

Luxury Experience – Grilled Chicken with PV Barbecue Sauce

Luxury Experience – Grilled Chicken with “PV” Barbecue Sauce

“PV” Barbecue Sauce Ingredients:

1	Tablespoon	Butter
1	Medium	Onion, minced small (0.5 cup)
0.25	Cup	Brown Sugar
2	Tablespoons	Worcestershire Sauce
0.50	Teaspoon	Stubb’s Mesquite Liquid Smoke
0.50	Teaspoon	Siracha
2	Cups	Ketchup
2	Ounces	LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot

Method for the sauce: Melt butter in a saucepan. Add onions, cover, and sweat them until they are translucent. Add the brown sugar and caramelize the onions. Add the rest of the ingredients and slow simmer for 45 minutes to meld the flavors and thicken the sauce. Let cool. Grill chicken until partially cooked, generously brush with “PV” barbecue sauce and finish cooking. Pair with the LaBelle Winery Petit Verdot.

Until next time, Cheers and Bon Appetit!

To read about our experience tasting their Seyval Blanc wine: LaBelle Winery Seyval Blanc, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA

For more information on LaBelle Winery wines, tours, and their destination, please visit the website: www.LaBelleWinery.com

For more information on Amy LaBelle, winemaker, author, and event planner, please visit the website: www.amylabelle.com

LaBelle Winery, Amherst, NH USA

LaBelle Winery
345 Route 101
Amherst, New Hampshire 03031
United States
Telephone: +1-603-672-9898
Email: Amy@LaBelleWinery.com
Website: www.LaBelleWinery.com

LaBelle Winery
14 Route 111
Derry, New Hampshire 03038
United States
Telephone: +1-603-672-9898
Email: Amy@LaBelleWinery.com
Website: www.LaBelleWinery.com

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