Our take

Petite Petit California Red Wine

GSW Score86/ 100

Shoppers really like it. A mechanical score from 3 shopper ratings on the store listing, checked Aug 12, 2026. It sits in the top 57% of the 514 wines we have scored, measured against the shelf on Sep 16, 2026. How we score

Style
Red wine
Size
750 ml
Region
California
Shelf barcode
0652935100210
Petite Petit California Red Wine bottle
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Our take

What we make of this bottle

Petite Petit is a red wine sold under a name rather than a single grape variety on the label. The solid fact here is the producer: Michael David Winery says its family has farmed in Lodi, California for more than 150 years.

The average is 4.67 out of five, from 3 ratings, at prices from $14.99 to $22.99 in our September 2026 checks.

Michael David Winery's own product page for this wine, part of the winery's Freakshow portfolio line and officially labeled Freakshow Petite Petit, names the blend as Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot and describes rich plum, boysenberry jam and black cherry aromas opening onto blackberry compote, cacao nibs and vanilla spice. The winery's technical sheet lists 15 percent alcohol and an aging period of 18 months across French, American and neutral oak, with a bottling date of November 4, 2024. The winery also states the wine has drawn 90-plus point scores from Wine Enthusiast across ten straight vintages, an aggregate claim about the bottling's track record rather than a score for this specific vintage.

Our call: buy it for the confirmed two-grape blend, Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot, and the full technical sheet behind it, alcohol level and bottling date included, on top of the family's own account of more than 150 years farming in Lodi. Pass if an aggregate accolade does not satisfy you; the winery's own '90-plus points, ten straight vintages' line covers the bottling generally, not this specific vintage, and the 3 shopper ratings on record are still a small sample.

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The prices we checked

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From the producer

Family farming heritage

Michael David Winery says its family has been farming in Lodi, California for more than 150 years.

Research status

What we are still checking

Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.

Region guideCalifornia

A little background helps this bottle make sense.

Getting to know California.

California on the label is useful provenance but weak detail about place. For these wines, sourcing disclosure, blend construction and house-style consistency carry more decision value than a generic climate paragraph.

The place

What the name means

A state-level appellation, broader than an individual American Viticultural Area. It permits a multi-region blend and does not by itself identify one climate or soil.

Weather

How grapes grow here

The state spans cool maritime zones and hot inland valleys. A California designation alone does not reveal which conditions shaped the fruit.

Soil

What lies under the vines

At state scale, sourcing and house-style construction matter more than any single soil story.

How large the region is

Reusable question
Which counties or AVAs supplied the blend, and did that mix change by release?

Places within the region

Resolution limit
County, AVA and vineyard claims begin only when the release names them.

Where this information comes from

Store listing
Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
Barcode
The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
Method
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