2006 Chateau Petrus Pomerol
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| Style: | Red Wine |
| Grape Type: | Merlot |
| Region: | Bordeaux |
About Chateau Petrus
Yes, it's legendary and extravagantly priced. But this wine, from a prime vineyard on well-drained clay soil atop the Pomerol plateau, has for decades stood as the greatest example of Merlot in the world. Chateau Petrus makes a wine that is extraordinarily creamy and thick but wit... more
Expert Reviews
Bright medium ruby. Reticent but complex nose opened with air to display an almost roasted ripeness to the aromas of dark berries and licorice. Sweet, deep and lush, showing brooding dark berry and black cherry fruit sexed up by an exotic chocolate liqueur quality. A hugely rich but rather inscrutable wine. This was much deeper in pitch than the Trotanoy I tasted next to it, and missing that wine's ineffable mineral high notes, inner-mouth perfume and impression of harmoniousness. Is this simply too young to assess today? Time will tell.

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