Ingleside Winery, Virginia (United States) Petit Verdot 2014

 With good concentration and flavor intensity, this is an attention-grabber, but the tannic grip is gentle, and the wine shows real subtlety too.  Unusually, I found that the wine actually became deeper in flavor and darker in fruit tone with aeration, which is exactly the opposite of how most young reds behave — they tend to soften and lighten up.  The wood notes are very well tuned to the weight of the wine, and odds are that this has some years of positive development ahead of it.  Petit Verdot comprises the legal minimum of 75% in this wine, along with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc.