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  • Country ranking ?

    1 193
  • Producer ranking ?

    54
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Slow-roast shoulder of lamb

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Parker 99 points!

In all fairness, the last bottle in the vertical tasting I had of Petrus came from a pristinely stored magnum that I owned, so perhaps a regular bottle of this wine might be fading a bit. Nevertheless, this has always been the best wine of the vintage and a gorgeous example of Petrus. The wine shows considerable amber to its garnet color and has a sweet nose of coffee beans intermixed with cedar, herbs, black cherries, roa...

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The Story

Drinking Pétrus may be an unforgettable experience. We has been lucky to have the opportunity to taste most of its great vintages. That is why wine enthusiasts often come to us for advice. First, WeI advise you to choose a good vintage, an excellent one if your wallet allows. If you taste a poor vintage, you will notice how it raises above most other wines of the same vintage, but you will miss the actual point of Pétrus.

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Wine Information

The last good year of the 1960s was 1967, which turned out to be the exclusive pride of Sauternes. Although the Sauternes could still mature for another few decades, the wine is already extremely delicious right now. Many consider the Château d’Yquem to be one of the vineyard’s finest wines of all time. The only reds from this vintage worth mentioning are the Pétrus and La-Mission-Haut-Brion.

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Tasting note

ending

Medium, Round and Lingering

nose

Wide, Generous and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Mature, Medium-bodied, Round, Harmonious and Silky

Verdict

Well-rounded and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Tasted in November 2019. Despite this vintage experiencing bad weather and unripe grapes, Petrus managed to make wine of the vintage. Our bottle showed incredibly complex, sophisticated, rich and fruity wine.  

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Origin

Bordeaux, Pomerol

Vintage Quality

Average

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

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Saute-Loup Reserve de La Famille

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