9 BOTTLES PER LOT
Details
CHâTEAU PéTRUS--VINTAGE 1975
POMEROL, CRU EXCEPTIONNEL. CHâTEAU-BOTTLED
SLIGHTLY CORRODED CAPSULES. LEVELS: TWO BASE OF NECK, SIX TOP-SHOULDER AND ONE UPPER-SHOULDER
TASTING NOTE: THE 1975 PéTRUS REVEALS A YOUTHFUL, RUSTIC, BRUTALLY POWERFUL STYLE, WITH AN OPAQUE GARNET/RUBY/PURPLE COLOR AND AN EMERGING NOSE OF OVER-RIPE BLACK CHERRIES, MOCHA/CHOCOLATE, AND TRUFFLES. EXTREMELY FULL-BODIED, FEROCIOUSLY TANNIC, BUT AWESOMELY CONCENTRATED, THE 1975 PéTRUS CAN BE DRUNK, PROVIDED READERS HAVE A PENCHANT FOR SLIGHTLY UNCIVILIZED WINES. THIS BEHEMOTH PéTRUS (THE LAST MADE IN THIS STYLE) IS AT LEAST A DECADE AWAY FROM FULL MATURITY. IT IS POTENTIALLY A 50-YEAR WINE, WITH EXQUISITE CONCENTRATION AND INTENSITY. LAST TASTED, 6/98. 98+ POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, BORDEAUX. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE, THIRD EDITION.
9 BOTTLES PER LOT
POMEROL, CRU EXCEPTIONNEL. CHâTEAU-BOTTLED
SLIGHTLY CORRODED CAPSULES. LEVELS: TWO BASE OF NECK, SIX TOP-SHOULDER AND ONE UPPER-SHOULDER
TASTING NOTE: THE 1975 PéTRUS REVEALS A YOUTHFUL, RUSTIC, BRUTALLY POWERFUL STYLE, WITH AN OPAQUE GARNET/RUBY/PURPLE COLOR AND AN EMERGING NOSE OF OVER-RIPE BLACK CHERRIES, MOCHA/CHOCOLATE, AND TRUFFLES. EXTREMELY FULL-BODIED, FEROCIOUSLY TANNIC, BUT AWESOMELY CONCENTRATED, THE 1975 PéTRUS CAN BE DRUNK, PROVIDED READERS HAVE A PENCHANT FOR SLIGHTLY UNCIVILIZED WINES. THIS BEHEMOTH PéTRUS (THE LAST MADE IN THIS STYLE) IS AT LEAST A DECADE AWAY FROM FULL MATURITY. IT IS POTENTIALLY A 50-YEAR WINE, WITH EXQUISITE CONCENTRATION AND INTENSITY. LAST TASTED, 6/98. 98+ POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, BORDEAUX. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE, THIRD EDITION.
9 BOTTLES PER LOT
Special notice
Offered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.