Winery - Château Pétrus
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Rich and ripe nose with a dense sweetness to the aromas, spicy herbs, roasted almonds, very aromatic and earthy with green herbs and olive aromas; sweet and smooth in the mouth, sweet, ripe fruit develops in the front of the mouth; more spices and herbs in the mid-mouth; soft and ripe, quite mature; no hard edges on this wine, but lots of black fruit and truffle flavors; a bit short and harsh on the finish, beginning to show its age at the end. (18/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Deep and rich nose with ripe aromas of black fruits, lots of sweetness, chocolate, smoky and earthen; ripe and rich in the mouth with silky fruit flavors; lots of black cherry fruit; balanced and rich with deep flavors and a smoothness that is very appealing; long finish, good structure and mature tannins that have evolved into cornsilk. (18/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Very impressive nose, with fresh sweet aromas, chocolate, caramel, rich and quite intense, and more powerful than most from this vintage, nice touch of green herbs; in the mouth the wine opens with a wonderful sweet and rich set of flavors; superbly concentrated and showing some serious extraction, the wine is dark and dense for a Pomerol; lots of black cherries in the mouth; it does suffer the 1970 problem of too much tannin for the fruit, and it is evident here at the finish, but the elegance survives to the end with a sense that this is serious wine that brings fullness and intensity to a grape that often does not show it. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
This was served alongside the 1970 and provided and wonderful contrast of the “old” Petrus and the “new” Petrus; when the bottle was first opened I was despairing, as the nose was reluctant and remote, and all one had was the usual old wine aromas of mustiness, earth and some volatile acidity; but then the wine shook of the vestiges of age and gained strength in the glass as it breathed fresh air for the first time in fifty years, becoming rich and sweet with complex and deep aromas of tar, black cherries, pepper, deep layers of exotic aromas continued to grow; sweet and very rich in the mouth on first taste with sweet, rich black cherry flavors; at first the wine showed a lot of dry tannins that I thought would mar the outcome, but time in the glass seemed to bring the wine into balance and it grew richer and denser as it breathed; long finish with complex, silky textures and rich and bold flavors; much better than I might have expected at this stage of its life. (19/20)
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