Winemaker Notes:
“Pétrus displays an
intense color, a rich and complex nose and an opulent fruit. In great vintages,
the wine can easily be kept 25 years or more.”
Rating: 100 Points (Jeb Dunnuck)
“The 2018 Petrus is a brilliant
wine that has perfection written all over it, and it’s unquestionably one of
the most powerful, opulent wines in the vintage. As always, it’s 100% Merlot
and offers a heavenly bouquet of cassis, smoke, earth, graphite, and beautiful
liquid violets. Full-bodied, deep, and opulent on the palate, I must have
written “huge wine!” three or four times in my notes, and despite all its power
and richness, it’s seamless, light on its feet, and already hard to resist.
Possessing terrific mid-palate depth, sweet tannins, and a finish that ranks
with the greatest wines out there, Merlot or any wine for that matter, doesn’t
get better. If you’re lucky enough to have a few bottles of this elixir, do
your best to give bottles 7-8 years in the cellar, and I suspect it will keep
for 40-50 years.” Barrel Sample: 98-100.
Rating: 100 Points (Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)
“The 2018 Petrus has retained its opaque
purple-black color after bottling, foreshadowing the seemingly frozen-in-time
glacial pace at which this wine is proceeding. It opens very reluctantly,
requiring considerable air with vigorous swirling and doggedly demands a few
hours before it offers glimpses at this slumbering giant of a wine. As it
eventually unfurls, it slowly morphs into a powerful, fantastically pure nose
of preserved plums, blackberry preserves and blueberry compote, followed by
nuances of molten licorice, dark chocolate, black truffles, iron ore and, still
later, floral notions of lilacs and rose oil come through. The full-bodied
palate is taut, muscular and oh-so-tightly wound at this stage, revealing peeks
at many, many layers of perfectly ripe black and blue fruits, exotic spices and
earthy notions for which words simply fail.”
Rating: 99 Points (Wine Enthusiast)
“This is a dark,
serious wine, concentrated with richness and freshness at the same time. The
ripe tannins are impeccably balanced by fine acidity and a ripe blackberry
flavor. It shows the supreme quality of Pomerol's Merlots in this vintage. Of
course, it will age for nearly forever.”
Barrel Sample:97-99
