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  • Country ranking ?

    1 259
  • Producer ranking ?

    56
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2040
  • Food Pairing

    Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese

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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

Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Healthy

ending

Medium, Extensive and Spicy

flavors

Blackberry, Blueberry, Pepper, Plum, Meaty and Mushrooms

nose

Youthful, Opulent and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, High tannin, Balanced, Well-Integrated, Good texture, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Firm, Round, Elegant, Dry and Silky tannins

Verdict

Well-rounded and Fine

Written Notes

“Bright nose with lots of expressive aromas - plum, green olives, mocha, minerals, chalk, stone, sweet cherry and a little green bean in there gets honeyed as it stays in the glass a sweet pungency without being too pungent still a little youthful on the palate flashy yet not quite fleshy lots of alcohol on the finish but not in the belly good plum and slate flavors on finish a bit tight on the palate but still all good wintry smooths out and opens up nicely.”(94pts JK)

  • 94p

Wild aromas of crushed fruit, forest flower and wild mushrooms. Full-bodied, with incredibly velvety tannins that go on and on. Lovely and exciting fruit. Gorgeous, seductive wine. Hard to resist now. Better than I remember.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2007.

  • 94p

The 1996 Petrus has never been an endearing wine and this, the third or fourth bottle that I have tasted, does nothing to change my indifference. It has a slightly herbaceous bouquet that feels enervated when compared to the flamboyant 1998. It just misses the fruit concentration and vivacity you expect from a Petrus, a jalopy stuck in first gear. The palate is medium-bodied, leafy and gentle, with slightly brusque tannin. Sure, there is decent weight on the finish but it flirts with an adjective rarely attributed to this Pomerol. It is just ordinary and Petrus does not do “ordinary”. Tasted at the Petrus dinner at the Épure restaurant in Hong Kong.

  • 87p

A level fill, deep ruby with garnet rim. Violets, dark fruits, some vanilla. Very good mouthfeel and texture, fresh acidity, ripe tannins, good length. Lacks quite much in complexity, refinement and nuances for me for a wine of this legendary status. 91

  • 91p

Not exactly in balance, tart, light and in the whole quite tannic. Merlot had big problems with ripeness in this vintage and you can taste it.

  • 88p
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Origin

Bordeaux, Pomerol

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Serious

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