Petrus, Pomerol, 2012

Name: Petrus, Pomerol
Brand: Petrus
Price: 8051.16 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

The 2012 Petrus is the first wine to be vinified in the new state of the art wine-making facility built on the site of the estate's old Cabernet Franc plot. As a result, the blend is 100% Merlot from the clay soils that lie between Vieux Chateau Certan to the east and Cheval Blanc to the south. All the vines were harvested by the 8th of October and the fruit was passed through a temperate exchange so that it came into the winery at a precise 15 degrees centigrade. This possesses and extraordinarily deep colour, so intense, vivid, almost black at the core. Petrus has produced an intense, deep, brooding, complex wine with exotic notes of sweet cassis, cut flowers, bilberry, anise, five spice and liquid minerals. This is a concentrated, awe-inspiring wine that although rich, decadent and multilayered, it is bright, fresh and perfectly poised. Utterly spectacular, sexy wine.

critic reviews

98/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2012 Petrus needs vigorous swirling to uncover notes of plum preserves, kirsch, and blueberry compote with hints of crushed rocks, truffles, licorice, and dried roses. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is laden with spicy black fruit layers and superbly ripe, rounded tannins, giving just enough freshness to lift the long earthy finish. A stunning achievement for this vintage, give it another 5-7 years in the cellar and drink it over the next 25 years+.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2053

date of review 02/2023

95/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2012 Petrus has a slightly higher-toned bouquet than its peers: scents of brambly red fruit and briary, liquorice and dried herbs. This gains complexity in the glass, and a second bottle at Bordeaux Index's 10-Year-On, given two hours to open, develops some gorgeous pure plummy fruit. The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy, ripe and harmonious with pliant tannins and a little more obvious oak towards the sensual finish, white pepper and thyme lingering on the aftertaste. Wonderful. Tasted twice at Bordeaux Index's Ten Year-On tasting and blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2045

date of review 09/2022

98/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Ten years is not quite the sweet spot for Petrus, and it will benefit from a few more years softening in the bottle as there are layers of tannins to work through, but this is right up there as the wine of the tasting, it just jumps out of the glass. As ever with Petrus it's the texture that gets you; satin, velvet, silk, lace, all rolled up into one, with succulent black cherry and raspberry fruits given definition and depth by fennel, cocoa bean, graphite, crushed rock, jasmine and black tea. Muscular and yet fresh, it rises up through the palate and leaves you wanting more. 50% new oak, Oliver Berrouet winemaking director.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2044

date of review 03/2022