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  • Country ranking ?

    462
  • Producer ranking ?

    19
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    now to 2045
  • Food Pairing

    Pork Ribs with Maize Stew

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“A sleeping giant. Dark ruby in color, showing aromas of blackberry, cèpe and green olive, with a hint of mineral. Full-bodied, with ultrafine tannins and a supercaressing mouthfeel. Turns to coffee, dark chocolate and berry. Chewy yet balanced. Very, very long in the mouth. The finish is absolutely breathtaking.” -Wine Spectator (100 Points)

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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

Appellation : Pomerol
Owner : S.C. du Château PETRUS
Planted acreage : 28 acres
Grape varieties : 95% Merlot - 5% Cabernet Franc
Type of soil : black clay

Production : ca. 30,000 bottles

Little known 50 years ago, this château has seen the rise of a myth about the uniqueness of its wine. The wine’s inimatibility is due to many factors, first of all, an exceptional terroir - 40 meters above sea level, the highest point of the appellat...

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2020 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
4 490€ +18.5% 3 790€ +27.2% 2 980€ +16.7% 2 553€ +6.8% 2 390€ -5.1% 2 519€ -11.8% 2 855€ -7.8% 3 098€ -17.6% 3 761€ +16.5% 3 229€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long and Extensive

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Concentrated, Well-Integrated, Vigor and Fresh

Written Notes

There was one last wine, the 2005 Petrus. While I recognized its greatness, I also wrote, ‘I can’t do it.’ It was too concentrated and young for me at this stage; I had given all of myself to each and every wine up to this point and was officially on empty. ‘Coffee, big and buttery, outstanding for sure’ was about as much as I could muster (96+). The general consensus was that 1989, 1990 and 2000 were the greatest wines of the night. Twenty-five down, thirty-two to go, and what a thirty-two they would prove to be, although I suppose that it was ultimately closer to a top twenty.
  • 96p

 noch sehr junge, aber absolut perfekte Bordeaux aus dem großen Jahrgang 2005 kamen jetzt im vorletzten Flight unserer Wein Weltreise ins Glas. Ich bin eigentlich eher der Altweintrinker und liebe Weine perfekt gereift. Aber was diese drei Jungspunde hier im zarten Alter von 16 Jahren ablieferten, das war schlicht und einfach außerirdisch und perfekt mit Potential für viele Dekaden. Mein persönlicher Favorit war dieser sehr konzentrierte 2005 Petrus mit seiner puristisch schöne Frucht und der von Tanninen eingerahmten, superben Aromatik, die man als präzise Opulenz bezeichnen könnte, schlichtweg überragend – WT100. 

  • 100p

Just mid crimson. Very embryonic wine with freshness the overriding quality on the nose. Only after that does the opulence reveal itself. Fresh, almost floral, with only medium weight and then, like Trotanoy, a great panoply of flavours on the back palate and an amazing depth of tannin. A wine with very different structure from most bordeaux 2005. Dry finish and all completely embedded at present. Certainly doesn’t taste especially high in anything other than tannin, which itself is strictly a phenomenon of the second half of the tasting experience.

  • 95p

Ruby. Scented, blueberries, vanilla, floral notes, detailed and layered nose, complex and refined even if pure youth. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant, layerd, detailed, very long indeed. 98

  • 98p

Well, not quite as gracious as Lafleur, but there was an enormous concentration of everything, unbelievable nuance richness and extreme depth. Silky aftertaste. Early harvest paid really off! Oh-la-la wine.

 

  • 99p
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Origin

Bordeaux, Pomerol

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Very Good

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

16

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