France

Ch. Petrus

Petrus Pomerol

Bordeaux

Pomerol

Petrus plays at the very top of the vintage and is a serious, textured and knitted down take on its character. There are big tannins here, and you need to wait for the fleshy and creamy cassis and bilberry fruit to appear. Smoked caramel and cocoa bean add a gourmet edge, and the complexity comes through in the evolution of texture and flavours - the tannins become almost chalky after a few minutes, as the lightness and air underneath the fruit becomes clear. Exceptional, a clever wine that needs times and air and has unquestionable staying power, with a brush of bitter almond giving focus on the finish. 50% new oak, 39hl/h yield, 3.6ph. Harvest September 5 to 18.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2020 Petrus is deep garnet-purple in color. It erupts from the glass with a fragrance bomb of fresh black raspberries, preserved plums, wild blueberries, and candied violets, plus suggestions of cinnamon toast, molten licorice, and tilled soil. The rich, dense, full-bodied palate is completely coated in decadent black fruit preserves and exotic spicy flavors, lifted by red berry accents and floral notes, and supported by firm, grainy tannins, finishing long with the mineral sparks coming through. This is an epic.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

This feels like it is operating on a different plane from many, clear from the first aromatics. Showcasing latent hidden power, sappy, savoury but in this case not overly slim, just full of muscular goodnesss and black fruits. Small yield because of flowering, as you see everywhere in Pomerol, 50% new oak for ageing, although winemaker Olivier Berrouet expects to do a slightly shorter ageing than usual. Around 80% of production is in this wine. 3.6ph. Harvest Sepember 24 to October.

(barrel sample)
Ruby red. Floral velvety nose with violets, roses, blueberries, cassis, licorice, spice and anise. Fresh acidity. Delicate, refreshing and balanced with layers of dark and red fruit. Cassis, raspberries, licorice, cherries, anise, minerals and fine toast. Structured with smooth polished tannins. Very very long. 98-100p 

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Expert

Deep purple-black colored, the 2022 Petrus features fantastically fragrant notes of rose oil, star anise, lilacs, and cinnamon stick, giving way to a powerful core of preserved plums, blueberry compote, and raspberry preserves, plus wafts of Sichuan pepper and iron ore. The full-bodied palate delivers layer upon layer of black berry and mineral inspired flavors, injected with an electric backbone of vibrant red berry sparks and seamless acidity, textured by super-plush tannins, finishing with epically long lingering ferrous and aniseed notes. Magic. The alcohol is 14.5% and the pH is a healthy 3.63.

The 2021 Petrus is medium to deep purple-black in color. After a swirl or two, notes of raspberry preserves, kirsch, and rose oil prance out of the glass, opening out to an undercurrent of fragrant soil, mossy tree bark, and graphite, with a waft of iron ore and an emerging anise hint. The medium-bodied palate vibrates with energy-charged red and black fruits, framed by very fine-grained tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. This must be one of the most elegant, graceful vintages of Petrus ever!

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Petrus charges out of the gate with rambunctious plum preserves, fruitcake, and blueberry compote notes, leading to suggestions of Chinese five spice, iron ore, and licorice. The full, rich, densely laden palate is textured with firm, fantastically plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length and decadence.

97 - Falstaff
98 - Wine Enthusiast
100 - Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
97 - Jeannie Cho Lee

Critic Average Rating

This is an exceptional Petrus vintage, the architecture remains relatively tight, slate and pumice stone scrape, stunning layers of raspberry, grilled black cherries, leather and fennel. Savoury yet fully ripe, a beautiful sense of contrast, and just beginning to open up and show its potential. The bottle tasted in London was perhaps a little under par, holding things back, but I have a tasting from one month ago where it was showing exceptionally well.

The 2014 Petrus is deep garnet-brick in color. Notes of dusty soil and rusty nails open out to a core of raisin cake, new leather, and cigar box with a lifted touch of kirsch. The medium to full-bodied palate is savory and mineral, with plenty of mid-palate flesh and velvety tannins, finishing minerally.

The 2013 Petrus is medium garnet in color. It rolls out with expressive notions of black cherry compote, cassis, rose oil, and licorice, followed by suggestions of spice cake, fertile loam, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is laden with youthful red and black fruit layers, supported by fine-grained tannins and compelling tension, finishing long and fragrant. This is a triumph for this vintage!

Ten years is not quite the sweet spot for Petrus, and it will benefit from a few more years softening in the bottle as there are layers of tannins to work through, but this is right up there as the wine of the tasting, it just jumps out of the glass. As ever with Petrus it's the texture that gets you; satin, velvet, silk, lace, all rolled up into one, with succulent black cherry and raspberry fruits given definition and depth by fennel, cocoa bean, graphite, crushed rock, jasmine and black tea. Muscular and yet fresh, it rises up through the palate and leaves you wanting more. 50% new oak, Oliver Berrouet winemaking director.

En duft jeg aldri har luktet maken til. 
Saftig frukt, vanilje og «stein». 

En kraftig smak som ligger i munnen i evigheter. Fantastisk fylde og smak. 

En WOW-opplevelse

Amatør

Tett, medium intens rubin farge, noe vannet kant men lite tegn til alder. 

Nesen er ren,  medium - intens med blyantspiss, krydder, kaffe, treverk, plumme, kirsebær og høstløv. Tett men kompleks på nese. 

Smaken er ren, strukturert og syrlig ankomst. Tekstur og tanniner fra midt (finkornet, litt skarpe og dominerende). Frukt, bær og krydder i finish. Lang finish. 

97

WSET Diploma

Beste Pétrus jeg har smakt av yngre utgaver - tilgjengelig, dyp frukt, kaffe, spice, sjokolade - pen syre - mer på den delikate siden enn andre årganger - price/quality kan absolutt diskuteres (94)

How could this not make it to my Wines of the Year list? Tasted back in March, when I became the only journalist at what has to be the wine event of the year - the unveiling of a bottle of Petrus that had spent 438 days on the International Space Station. We compared it against the same bottle that had remained on Earth, and in the interest of actually suggesting wines you might be able to get hold of, this tasting note comes from the terrestrial version. It's a wine that feels like an occasion in itself, so nuanced and effortlessly impressive. Still young even at 21 years old, although now showcasing the waves of rose petal, violet and peony aromatics that only really come out in Petrus once it has had serious bottle age. The palate is pure velvet - blackberry, black cherry and bilberry fruits penned in by muscular but welcoming tannins, all finishing up with black pepper and a hit of spiced chocolate shavings. 50% new oak.

Smoke, coffee beans, campfire, gentle white truffle notes, white pepper spice. This is complex, edging into full tertiary flavours, and reflective of a vintage that was successful but not overly concentrated. I have had younger bottles of Petrus 1985 but this still blows you away with its complexity, and its ability to keep on delivering, and surprising you with its longevity.

Lys rød farge med brunlig kant. Ceder, tobakk og svale røde bær på duft. Utviklet smaksbilde med røde bær, tobakk og tørket urter. Modne tanniner og svale bærtoner i ettersmaken.  Fra norsk kjeller

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Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Petrus
Vintages	2020
Country	France, Bordeaux, Pomerol
Bottle	75 cl

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