Chateau Petrus Pomerol (1967)
| Winery: | Château Pétrus |
| Region: | France » Bordeaux » Pomerol |
| Varietal: | Merlot |
| Type: | Table Wines |
Château Pétrus
Château Petrus is one of the world’s most distinguished and prized wines. The winery is located in the eastern portion of Pomerol in the Bordeaux region of France. While Pomerol has never been granted “growth” classification status, Petrus is widely considered on par with other First Growth wines.
It may be hard to fathom, but for the first couple of centuries of its existence, Petrus was a cheap, hard sell. The estate was under the management of the Arnaud family until 1925, when hotel owner Madame Edmond Loubat acquired sole ownership of the property. With consultation from negociant Jean-Pierre Moueix, they reinvented the entire winemaking process on the tiny 12 hectare vineyard to a precise science and raised the price of the wine to signify its value. Soon demand outweighed supply and one of the world’s first cult wines was born. Today it has a prominent place on the wine lists of the world’s top restaurants and fetches stratospheric Read more »
In this vintage that produced so many lightweight wines, only the stablemate of Petrus, Trotanoy, can compete with the great Petrus. Fully mature, with good dark ruby color and minimal browning, this chunky, fleshy, warm, and generous wine has plenty o...
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Varietals Produced by Château Pétrus View all
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Cabernet Sauvignon
“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
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Merlot
The Occitanian word “merlot” translates to “young blackbird.” An accurate description for this popular, early-budding...
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Pinot Noir
“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...
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Chardonnay
British wine writer and critic, Jancis Robinson, once noted that throughout the 80’s and 90’s in the United States, C...
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Cabernet Franc
History of the grape: References to it in the Loire region of France date as far back as the mid 12th century. But it...
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Pinot Blanc
History of the grape: Pinot Blanc was first grown in Burgundy and Champagne, France, and can be traced by some source...
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May 2013
As you can read HERE, I was quite a big fan of most 2012 barrel samples from Moueix on the Right Bank in Bordeaux. 2012 is generally not an en primeur purchase, but some wines seem worth the ticket. For example, Chateau Trotanoy, one of the wines of the vintage - correctly scored by the still Almighty One, Bob Parker - was almost gone before any... Read More
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April 2013
I just posted almost all of my notes on Bordeaux 2012 on my website, and I must say that Trotanoy and La Fleur Petrus are actually tempting me, price-wise, to "pull the futures trigger". But that's about it. Palmer, also on my very top list of faves, is just too expensive. I mean, I could get a Leoville Poyferre 1990 for about the same pric... Read More
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March 2013
Before I retired I did a stint as chairman of Hawkes Bay Vintners (all the ... ... should be. A dusty bottle of Chateau Petrus may set you back a small fortune, but to one who dislikes a dry red wine it is a 'bad' wine, best taken to the nearest Hawkes Bay winemaker, who will probably give you a half a dozen bottles of anything you like to mak... Read More
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December 2012
All my scotch friends have special "end of the world" bottles. I suspect that many of us do, too. So, considering that the end of the world is supposed to happen in a matter of days per our Mayan friends, and that happens to coincide with the Christmas season.....what are you planning to open this Christmas? If the world starts to come apart de... Read More
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August 2012
Two business associates broke the bank and the rules when they ordered two bottles of 1982 Petrus for $16,640 at the ‘21’ Club in May.According to an article in the New York Post, the first-time diners to the famous New York City restaurant downed the first bottle while eating their appetizers of Peekytoe crab and Caesar salad. Shortly after, th... Read More
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May 2012
Over the course of the last few months, the Bordeaux 2009′s have started hitting the shelves. With hot, dry weather throughout the growing season, this vintage has been receiving great reviews. Willow Park Wines here in Calgary, AB brought the 09′s out last Friday night and offered customers a chance to taste a nice line up of them at their ann... Read More
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May 2012
I suppose yet again another post by someone who has stumbled upon a bottle of fine wine that surpasses their abilities to appreciate and wishes to know how best to dispose of it.... Years ago my father was gifted the above named wine when he retired from ABC TV in Chicago. How he stored this bottle I do not know. Years ago he gave it to me and I... Read More
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March 2012
Wanting to refresh my memory on certain French vintages in the Rhône Valley I came across (as I often do) the Robert Parker Vintage Chart. Parker includes vintages from 1970 through 2010 on his website and scores them on the usual 100 point scale. He claims that scores of 70-79 are "average" while those of 80-89 are "above average to excellent... Read More
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March 2012
Tha Coffee and doughnuts are not to be missed!“THE ... Christian Moueix (Chateau Petrus), Jean Emmanuel Danjoy (Chateau Mouton Rothschild), Veronique Sanders (Chateau Haut Bailly), Bruno Eugene Borie (Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou), Sylvie Cazes (Chateau Pichon Lalande), and Thomas Duroux (Chateau Palmer). “The Dinner” will include their greatest m... Read More
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