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A FABULOUS RANGE OF PETRUS FROM THE GREATEST VINTAGES
PETRUS
PETRUS, ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE WINES WAS NOT SO WELL KNOWN UNTIL THE 1960'S LIKE MANY OTHER RIGHT BANK WINES. IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE MOUEIX FAMILY BOUGHT A HALF SHARE IN THE PROPERTY IN 1962 THAT ITS TRUE POTENTIEL BEGAN TO BE FULLY REALIZED.
THIS MAGICAL 11,4 HECTARES VINEYARD IS LOCATED ON A PLATEAU ON THE HIGHEST PART OF POMEROL IN THE FAR EAST OF THE APPELLATION. THE TOPSOIL AND THE SUBSOIL AT PETRUS ARE ALMOST ALL CLAY (IN NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES THE SOIL IS A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL-SAND OR CLAY-SAND) AND MERLOT FLOURISHES IN THIS SOIL. THE PETRUS VINEYARD IS PLANTED WITH 95 MERLOT. THE WINES ARE UNUSUALLY OLD AND ARE ONLY REPLANTED AFTER REACH 70 YEARS OF AGE.
THE FRUIT OF THESE VINES IS HAND-HARVESTED ONLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN THE MORNING DEW HAS EVAPORATED, SO AS NOT TO RISK EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DILUTION OF QUALITY. THE GRAPES ARE FERMENTED IN CEMENT VATS AND THE WINE IS AGED IN 100 NEW OAK BARELS FOR 22-28 MONTHS. IT IS BOTTLED UNFILTERED.
PETRUS IS EXTRAORDINARILY RICH, POWERFUL AND CONCENTRATED, OFTEN WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF CHOCOLATES, TRUFFLES, ASIAN SPICES AND ULTRA-RIPE, CREAMY, BLACK FRUITS. PETRUS IS USUALLY APPROACHABLE AFTER A DECADE OR SO IN BOTTLE, BUT THE WINES FROM THE VERY GREATEST YEARS WILL CONTINUE IMPROVING FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
PETRUS HAS A MYTHICAL QUALITY WHEN POURED AND A MAGICAL TASTE WHEN SIPPED; OF ALL THE WINES IN THE WORLD IT RETAINS A MYSTIQUE ONLY BROKEN WHEN THE CORK IS PULLED.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING LOTS WERE STORED IN A PRIVATE SWISS CELLAR AND ARE IN GREAT CONDITION UNLESS MENTIONED OTHERWISE. THEY ARE OFFERED IN CARTONS
PéTRUS--VINTAGE 1961
POMEROL, CRU EXCEPTIONNEL
GOOD APPEARANCE. LEVELS BASE OF NECK
TASTING NOTE: AN ESTATE ONLY NEEDS TO PRODUCE A HANDFUL OF WINES SUCH AS THE 1961 PETRUS TO GARNER AN INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE 1961 PETRUS WAS PURE PERFECTION. THIS FULLY MATURE WINE POSSESSES A PORT-LIKE RICHNESS (REMINISCENT OF THE 1947 PETRUS AND 1947 CHEVAL BLANC). THE COLOR REVEALED CONSIDERABLE AMBER AND GARNET, BUT THE WINE IS CRAMMED WITH VISCOUS, THICK, OVER-RIPE BLACK-CHERRY, MOCHA-TINGED FRUIT FLAVORS. EXTREMELY FULL-BODIED, WITH HUGE AMOUNTS OF GLYCERIN AND ALCOHOL, THIS UNCTUOUSLY-TEXTURED, THICK WINE MAKES FOR AN AWESOME MOUTHFUL. IMAGINE A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP LACED WITH LAYERS OF COFFEE AND CHERRY, AND ENCASED IN A SHELL OF VALRHONA CHOCOLATE! 100 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 103 (FEB 1996)
2 BOTTLES PER LOT
PETRUS
PETRUS, ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE WINES WAS NOT SO WELL KNOWN UNTIL THE 1960'S LIKE MANY OTHER RIGHT BANK WINES. IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE MOUEIX FAMILY BOUGHT A HALF SHARE IN THE PROPERTY IN 1962 THAT ITS TRUE POTENTIEL BEGAN TO BE FULLY REALIZED.
THIS MAGICAL 11,4 HECTARES VINEYARD IS LOCATED ON A PLATEAU ON THE HIGHEST PART OF POMEROL IN THE FAR EAST OF THE APPELLATION. THE TOPSOIL AND THE SUBSOIL AT PETRUS ARE ALMOST ALL CLAY (IN NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES THE SOIL IS A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL-SAND OR CLAY-SAND) AND MERLOT FLOURISHES IN THIS SOIL. THE PETRUS VINEYARD IS PLANTED WITH 95 MERLOT. THE WINES ARE UNUSUALLY OLD AND ARE ONLY REPLANTED AFTER REACH 70 YEARS OF AGE.
THE FRUIT OF THESE VINES IS HAND-HARVESTED ONLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN THE MORNING DEW HAS EVAPORATED, SO AS NOT TO RISK EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DILUTION OF QUALITY. THE GRAPES ARE FERMENTED IN CEMENT VATS AND THE WINE IS AGED IN 100 NEW OAK BARELS FOR 22-28 MONTHS. IT IS BOTTLED UNFILTERED.
PETRUS IS EXTRAORDINARILY RICH, POWERFUL AND CONCENTRATED, OFTEN WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF CHOCOLATES, TRUFFLES, ASIAN SPICES AND ULTRA-RIPE, CREAMY, BLACK FRUITS. PETRUS IS USUALLY APPROACHABLE AFTER A DECADE OR SO IN BOTTLE, BUT THE WINES FROM THE VERY GREATEST YEARS WILL CONTINUE IMPROVING FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
PETRUS HAS A MYTHICAL QUALITY WHEN POURED AND A MAGICAL TASTE WHEN SIPPED; OF ALL THE WINES IN THE WORLD IT RETAINS A MYSTIQUE ONLY BROKEN WHEN THE CORK IS PULLED.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING LOTS WERE STORED IN A PRIVATE SWISS CELLAR AND ARE IN GREAT CONDITION UNLESS MENTIONED OTHERWISE. THEY ARE OFFERED IN CARTONS
PéTRUS--VINTAGE 1961
POMEROL, CRU EXCEPTIONNEL
GOOD APPEARANCE. LEVELS BASE OF NECK
TASTING NOTE: AN ESTATE ONLY NEEDS TO PRODUCE A HANDFUL OF WINES SUCH AS THE 1961 PETRUS TO GARNER AN INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE 1961 PETRUS WAS PURE PERFECTION. THIS FULLY MATURE WINE POSSESSES A PORT-LIKE RICHNESS (REMINISCENT OF THE 1947 PETRUS AND 1947 CHEVAL BLANC). THE COLOR REVEALED CONSIDERABLE AMBER AND GARNET, BUT THE WINE IS CRAMMED WITH VISCOUS, THICK, OVER-RIPE BLACK-CHERRY, MOCHA-TINGED FRUIT FLAVORS. EXTREMELY FULL-BODIED, WITH HUGE AMOUNTS OF GLYCERIN AND ALCOHOL, THIS UNCTUOUSLY-TEXTURED, THICK WINE MAKES FOR AN AWESOME MOUTHFUL. IMAGINE A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP LACED WITH LAYERS OF COFFEE AND CHERRY, AND ENCASED IN A SHELL OF VALRHONA CHOCOLATE! 100 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 103 (FEB 1996)
2 BOTTLES PER LOT