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  • Country ranking ?

    1 471
  • Producer ranking ?

    71
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Rack of lamb

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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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Latest Pro-tasting notes

13 tasting notes

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flavors

Blackberry, Bread, Leather, Earthy, Dried-fruit and Spice

taste

Balanced and Modest

Written Notes

Actually, it wasn’t the end of our Bordeaux program, as I had to slip in a blind wine of my own. Such generosity must be reciprocated. I told everyone if anyone guessed what the wine was, dinner was on me. After a few near-misses, The Chairman was honing in, so I decided to reveal it was a 1979 Petrus. This was a gorgeous bottle with an open nose full of chocolate. There was ‘a big, bold finish’ per someone or another, and its foreground was satiny, round and smooth. Mints, olives and other usual Petrus friends joined this party (95).
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It is special to have your own vintage of Petrus in front of you, and even better in the glass. A level fill, ruby with garnet rim. Tobacco, anis, floral and elegant, violets, tobacco, refined. Superb mouthfeel, what a balance and elegance, finally! Fresh acidity, tannins more or less gone, seductive, just a bit short. 90

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Origin

Bordeaux, Pomerol

Vintage Quality

Below Average

Value For Money

Poor

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

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