Southwest France identity
Plantgrape describes Petit Verdot as originally from the south west of France. UC Davis FPS independently records the variety as Petit Verdot, with Verdot among its synonyms.
Wine-grape reference
Red wine grape · Vitis vinifera
Petit Verdot
A red wine grape from southwestern France, recognized under the same name in UC Davis's variety records.
- Origin
- Southwestern France
- Wine-grape group
- Red
- Names in this reference
- Petit Verdot · Verdot
Vine characteristics
Growth and water context
Plantgrape describes a fertile, rather productive variety with soft shoots needing trellising, well adapted to gravelly soils, and notes that in southern areas it requires regular watering. That attributed note is not an irrigation amount or schedule.
Regional research context
Plantgrape notes that historical coulure linked to a stigma malformation was eliminated in France through selection work. That history applies to French selected material and should not be generalized to all plantings.
Reference review · November 9, 2026
Sources & scope
- Plantgrape — Petit Verdot ↗
INRAE / IFV cultivar reference. Vine-trait observations belong to this reference's context; they are not universal planting or irrigation recommendations.
- UC Davis Foundation Plant Services — Petit Verdot variety record ↗
Independent institutional variety record used to cross-check cultivar identity and naming. It does not independently validate every agronomic observation in Plantgrape.
Cultivar descriptions are source-attributed reference material, not site prescriptions. No numeric soil-moisture threshold, disease diagnosis, regional suitability guarantee or GroundWorx performance claim is established here.