Petrus other_regions don’t think about touching bottles

don’t think about touching bottles until at least 2020

Leave the Yquem 01 for the millionaires

as I had an opportunity to spend several hours tasting through all of the wines in barrel with proprietor Roberto Conterno

medium bodied

Petrus other_regions don’t think about touching bottlesThe 2003 Petrus was born in a difficult vintage for Pomerol, although its blue clay a. k. a smectite soils probably gave Christian Moueix and Jean Claude Berrouet a slight advantage given its propensity to retain moisture and prevent hydric stress. That said, I would not mark it down as a top tier Petrus. After a timid opening it settles down with attractive mulberry, wild strawberry and clove scents, quite rich but not overpowering. I would argue