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1999 Pétrus |
| Vintage | 1999 |  Label 1 of 25   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Pétrus (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | Pomerol |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 6 notes) | |
| Tasted by Roughl on 2/25/2008 & rated 93 points: My first Petrus. Ok it is a beautiful wine that keeps improving in the glass. It has got it all, length, depth, concentration. But more than a wine, this is a myth... (1006 views) | |
| Tasted by wineismylife on 10/14/2006 & rated 93 points: win's 40th Birthday Party (win's house in The Colony, TX): WIML93-94?,WA94,WS90 Tasted October 14, 2006 at win’s 40th birthday party. Opened and decanted between 1 and 2 hours before serving in a Riedel Sommielier Bordeaux wine glass. Dark purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of violets, black currants and black cherries. Flavors of black currants, black licorice and black cherries. Good structure and balance. Needs lots more time in bottle, extreme infanticide here. (2545 views) | |
| Tasted by win on 10/14/2006 & rated 95 points: Blind Birthday Tasting (Win's House - Texas): Definitely Bordeaux, Definitely Right Bank. The definition. Awesome. Decanted and served from a Riedel Duck. Great way to celebrate turning 40, with friends. (2490 views) | |
| Tasted by KenK on 8/27/2006 & rated 94 points: Chicago's Best Bordeaux Tasting Ever? (Ken's Home): This wine was double decanted twice. Once in the morning and once right before serving. Great forest floor character in the nose alnog with classy red berry fruit and some herbal notes, which created complexity. Palate showed nice rich dark chocolate flavbor with toasty concentrated dark red berries. Well integrated acid. Finishes like it began, a seamless wine and classic Bordeaux. Best drining wine of the flight and great with the beef. (3014 views) | |
| Tasted by MatthewF on 8/26/2006 & rated 95 points: Double decanted twice. Ruby red color. Nose has violet, dark red/black berries with some earth. Lush palate, bits of chocolate and a litte espresso. Wine still has some coarse tannins on the finish. Fantastic. (383 views) | |
| Tasted by winefool on 8/26/2006 & rated 94 points: Great Wines of Bordeaux dinner (Ken Kailin's): Full deep red. Lovely ripe floral spicy red fruit - violets and a hint of green pepper. Big bold ripe black firm fruit. coffee notes on the finish. I really enjoyed this and I thought it showed among the wines of the night on this august evening. (2079 views) |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) 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  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..?
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