Community Tasting Note
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dchain Likes this wine: 96 points
June 29, 2021 - 2nd bottle of a 4 bottle lot sourced from a Dutch cellar by a very good friend who has sadly passed away far too young. I always think of you my friend and opening this bottle on my 50th is particularly poignant as you will be forever young.
Beautiful deep ruby, no brick or browning. Looks way you der than it is (like me!). Very floral on the first pour with rose, lily and black cherry notes. After 30 mins the chocolate, leather, soil, truffle, beef, iron and mineral notes start appearing and this is when you have the full complexity of Petrus. So many different yet complimentary notes. So complex. Palate is so welcoming, in total balance, medium bodied but so tasty, fresh and balanced. Impossible to guess 71 blind as it is just such a great wine. Easily the best 71 Bordeaux I have ever had (closely followed by a 71 Trotanoy in magnum- thank you RT!). Medium to full length full of subtle yet complex flavors, almost Burgundian Bonnes Mares like with more fruit and body of a Bordeaux. This wine needs some quite contemplation and a quiet dinner at home with my family and my parents was the right setting for it paired with a great rib eye. Next bottle at my 60th?!2,735 views
2 Comments
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LiteItOnFire commented:
10/2/22, 2:21 PM - One word: WOW
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dchain commented:
1/26/24, 12:18 AM - Who would have thought that this bottle would end up being the last wine I shared with my father! It brings some comfort to know he ended his very significant wine drinking career on this truly exceptional wine. Will always be locked in my memory as I couldn't think of a more special person to share this birth year Petrus with than my beloved father who started me on this great wine journey with him. You are sorely missed...