Coming at you live from the mean streets of Bordeaux France is Petit Verdot Grand Gose, an oversized Gose that is designed specifically around its namesake fruit. At first glance the densely opaque violet appearance of the beer hints at a potential fruity potpourri, however; Petit Verdot proves to be more than the uninspired fruity beers being pushed down your throats like bad pop music. Utilizing a grape that most often makes up smaller percentages of wine blends in France, we extract massive leathery notes, hints of tobacco, heavy beats of beets, delicate tannins, jammy notes of raspberries and boysenberries, and then finally a very effervescent cranberry-like finish. A small mountain of French sea salt aids in turning the volume up on the intricate Petit Verdot grape profile and bridging it to the beer's tart and sour base. Petit Verdot Grand Gose is a rare breed; bright and refreshing on its finish making it easy to throw back pints repeatedly, but also a wealth of complexity that can be slowly sipped and analyzed as if you were studying for your Sommelier exam.