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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.9 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 97 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by G_H on 1/20/2024 & rated 96 points: Rubber mat, soil, camomile, espresso, cedar, lovely humidor notes, chocolate-hazelnut, ever changing multifaceted nose. Great mouthfeel and good length! (602 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/4/2023 & rated 97 points: The best part of the experience is the silky, velvety texture that you find with its wealth of red and black plums, cocoa, truffle, and spice. The strong sensation of flowers on the front end is the perfect introduction to the wine. Fully mature, there is no reason or sense to keep holding it, plus, it is so good, you need to experience it. Drink from 2023-2034. (2394 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 7/3/2023 & rated 94 points: Fresh and floral with incredible freshness on the palate. Still preferred the 70 Vega nevertheless. (1522 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 6/9/2023 & rated 98 points: A pre-50 pre Birthday Celebration; 6/9/2023-6/11/2023 (Around Zurich Area): Sourced pristine from the impeccable cellar of Sonne Seuzach , Switzerland . We debated long between this and the 1975 but as the level was in neck for this we said 1970.
A magnificent wine and at times reminded us of a Syrah ( blind we would have said 1980s Guigal La Landonne) with soft meaty and smoky edge. Healthy and lively albeit the age shows. Dark coloured , dark fruited and with a singing nose. A masterclass of a wine and an easy 98 and frankly with another 20 years of life. (1839 views) | | | Tasted by Oli_Vilmo on 5/25/2023 flawed bottle: Corked and dusty !! (1356 views) | | | Tasted by _water.into.wine_ on 2/11/2023: Great filll for the age. Just at the base of the neck. Cork solid albeit soft. Wine had soaked through 90% but still sealed.
What a beautiful wine! Some bricking but would call 80s.
Eucalyptus and mint in the nose. Smoke. Tobacco. Chocolate. Just incredible. (1495 views) | | | Tasted by fclarity on 12/18/2022 & rated 97 points: Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center with red rims. The moderate+ intensity nose was a bit dark and brooding. It generated black cherries, oranges, minerals, mocha, and tan spice notes.
In the mouth, this wine was refined but had a gorgeous texture, great balance, and huge acidity and length.
While this is drinking now with extended time in a decanter, it should last 20-30 years in the cellar. However, I don't get the sense it will improve. (1297 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 6/14/2022: A Trio of Petrus: A bottle that literally spoke to us (sorry to be so spiritual). Eucalyptus, earth, sensuality, this was a trip down memory lane for bdx lovers. (2069 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 4/29/2022 & rated 95 points: Had this a few weeks ago out of a 3L and that format showed just a touch more depth and nuance. Yet this was a perfect bottle of this fully mature Petrus with an old-world style to it. Very layered and plush with a deep core of faded black fruit and I love the way it just flows over the tongue with great smoothness and complexity. There are notes of charcoal, minerals and truffles on the endless finish. Very ready to go out of any format. L'Appart Commanderie dinner. (1730 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 4/29/2022 & rated 97 points: Wine of the night. Incredibly seductive. unbelievably gorgeous lush and rich. (1526 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 4/28/2022 & rated 91 points: I almost poured it down the sink because it was malodorous and I thought it was corked. Fortunately it cleaned up over the next hour. Certainly not great and a long way from the glorious peak of yore but there was some dark red fruit and earth in there. Good balance too. Concentrated. Lots of bottle variation at this age, too; this bottle had very top shoulder fill and decent color, from Wine Watch. (1426 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 4/9/2022 & rated 95 points: An old school Petrus that's fully mature with delicious flavors of smoky black fruits and sweet black truffles. The texture is very smooth and the wine is zen-like in its purity and layered mouthfeel. It just flows over the tongue and the finish has a lovely mineral complexity. Out of a 3-Liter bottle at Napa In The City. (1370 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/5/2022 & rated 95 points: Earthy, with touches of roses, truffle, dark cocoa, dark cherry and plums on the nose. There was a flamboyant, opulence to the texture and an earthy, truffle-infused plummy finish that wrapped everything up perfectly. (1901 views) | | | Tasted by georgeohr on 12/25/2021: Fully mature. Rich, but lacking nuance. A fine wine for drinking now or over next 10 years. From magnum. (1091 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 2/14/2021 & rated 95 points: Smooth as silk, fresh, fruit forward truffled just coming into its fullest maturity but with ages left to go. I don’t know if it will get better but it will last a long time. At 41, it’s still opening up (2235 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 9/27/2020 & rated 94 points: Full of ripe red fruit, still young, more to come. 94-95+ (2857 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/4/2020 & rated 96 points: If you are looking to buy a fully-mature Petrus with the best QPR possible, this is the vintage. Sensual, sexy and silky, the ostentatious display of truffle, cherries, plums, flowers, smoke and earth are ready to deliver their full potential. The depth, length and complexity, coupled with its flamboyant nature really hit the spot! (6100 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 1/4/2020 & rated 93 points: The P Wine (Bourbon Steak, Aventura, Florida): This bottle showed extremely well even if not as dazzling as a previous one a few years ago. A bit of excess acidity is somewhat too strong for the plummy fruit. Nevertheless the wine is vigorous and concentrated, quite a bit more than the ‘71 version. It held up exceptionally well in the glass and proved again why it is one of the top three wines of the year at the half century mark. (4327 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 12/19/2019 & rated 96 points: Vanilla with dust of cinnamon aromatics. Very good and better than 1971, but lacks grace and litheness of 1975. (4002 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 12/7/2019 & rated 88 points: Bit dishwashing detergent. (3759 views) | | | Tasted by nywine68 on 3/2/2019 & rated 94 points: An Epic Vertical of Petrus (Ten Trinity Latour Club, London): A little lighter than the 71 and 75 but another beautiful wine. Blueberries and tertiary flavors. (4439 views) | | | Tasted by dharrison93 on 11/4/2018 & rated 100 points: With oenophile friends after a splash decant. Fully mature dark ruby with minimal sediment, this exhibited none of the reticence and unapproachable nose Parker mentions was the case most of it's life. Deep black fruit licorice and cassis-infused layer cake nose with soft viscous feel and 30 second finish.
The experienced drinkers were wide-eyed with delight and universally in awe.
If a date, this was a beautiful 35 year old Mckinsey partner:
7 figure salary and Armani by day, Harvard education and French lingerie on full display by night.
Mature Bordeaux simply doesn't get better than this (4018 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 11/3/2018 & rated 95 points: Nose: Raspberry sauce, ganache, cigar, cedar, Black Cherry, Toffee and Fig notes. Palate: Impossibly rich yet somehow balanced this gives layers of glycerin, coconut, roasted cherries, raspberry, ganache, truffles, vanilla bean and smokey cedar. Finish: Powerful, palate drenching fruit that does not give up.
Seemed 15-years younger than vintage, and while not as nuanced or sensual as the 70 Trotanoy served alongside it was sensational.
A total hedonist. (3291 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 11/3/2018 & rated 94 points: Interesting wine - we had two bottles which were quite similar. Both were tremendously opulent and actually quite exotic, showing coconut, damson, quince, clay, ganache, and earthen notes. Luscious but not my favorite expression of Petrus. Odd to say, but I'd give it more time. (3577 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 9/21/2018 & rated 96 points: From jero. Deep and elegant. A little more progressed in this format than anticipated but a middle age wine in most respects. Wonderful softness to the palate. 96+ (3304 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, The Most and Least Important of Things: Petrus 1897–2011 (Jul 2020) (7/1/2020)
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Vinous, The Most and Least Important of Things: Petrus 1897–2011 (Jul 2020) (7/1/2020)
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Vinous, Sharing Alike: Petrus 1947 - 2015 (Sep 2018) (9/1/2018)
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Vintage Tastings, The Greatest Petrus Tasting of Them All (11/14/2012)
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Vintage Tastings, New York Strikes Back (2/2/2012)
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Vintage Tastings, Epic European Vacation (9/6/2011)
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Vintage Tastings, From the East (9/16/2010)
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Vinous, The HANY Charity Dinner (Nov 2007) (11/1/2007)
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View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2006, Issue #4, 1970 Claret: Thirty-six Years’ Young
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Vintage Tastings, Petrus and La Tache (12/9/2005)
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Vintage Tastings, Clos Ste. Hune Vertical at Tse Yang, Dinner in Vegas and a 2002 Blind Aussie Recap (11/7/2005)
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| Pétrus - Read more about PetrusRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?Pomerol Wikipedia | French wine guide - Read about Pomerol |
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