1989 Pétrus

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  3/16/2024 - TWSA Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose: blueberries, forrest floor, hints of vanilla, gasoline, baked bread, leather
  Notes: This is a bottle with great condition with a good fill. Drank after 1 hour of decanting. If Petrus is to be praised for it should be for its consistency rather than greatness in top vintages, without a doubt a great vintage of Petrus shows excellent depth and a special sweetness on the nose but I'd say the overall profile is just Petrus like ans it will never surprise anyone. Still in its youth but probably stepped into the drinking window already given its age. I somehow enjoyed Petrus but never had much craving for it. Clearly I'm unable to criticize this wine but the quality is just nowhere near the price level it's currently asking for. Although a bit more breathing may help but I don't think the change will be very significant in this case. If time allows I would bottle breathe this for 3-4 hours before serving.
  Drink: 2026+
  Rating: 92

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  1/18/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 95 Points

  not blind
  A bit disappointing. Felt tired maybe closed, decanted for one hour. 95

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  12/25/2023 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points

  [Three-Liter] Clean. Beautiful nose, lush red and black fruits, opulent, warm and inviting, chocolate covered cherries, dark chocolate, cigar box / tobacco, some leather, lots of damp forest. An enormous wine, obviously lush. Palate is a total mouthful, massive, punchy, still completely structured. Clearly drinking this too young, another 30 years comfortably. Tons of black fruit stuffing. Chocolaty red fruits, raspberry. Lots in the way of red cedar, still considerable and not totally pleasant grit to the tannin. Completely massive wine… in some ways reference Bordeaux but also quite modern, a little too big and punchy. I don’t have a ton of experience with Petrus but I would say I get a lot more elegance and nuance out of ‘89 Haut-Brion, by comparison much more expressive, integrated, lighter. Curiously after five or so hours in the decanter the fruit seemed to fade and this retreated into another monolithic and tannic wine. This was really good, I think a perfect Jero, as clean as you could hope for, I just think for the hype and mystique of this wine there should be a little more differentiation and nuance than there was (there was some) and think that overall Bordeaux is still a bit singular / one dimensional, even at the highest references. Bottle bought on release at Sherry-Lehman ~1992/3 and cellared since.

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  12/25/2023 - rbrock05 wrote: 96 Points

  Hoping for more. Definitely fading, some hint of cassis and blackberry. No tertiary notes. If I didn't know what I was drinking I'd be really impressed, but that the price for this wine, it needs to be fantastic.

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  12/3/2023 - 831900_ Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Keep in mind that I'm so new to these wines that I was unreasonably proud to find my score in line w/the CT score – so caveat emptor etc.
  
  Beautiful combination of leather, earth, rose petals, mint, some herbs, and a touch of fruit on the nose. Immediately recognizable as more balanced on the nose than any other wine that night (1989 bdx horizontal). Really enjoyable fruit throughout the palate, all the way through the long finish. Strong sense that this wine could last a lot longer and develop more, but wtf, it's super enjoyable right now. A real treat.

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