Château Petrus 1996

1,490.00 €

Succesful Bid
This lot was part of our auction «1. Auction» on 16.01.2021.
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Château Petrus, Ch. Petrus, 1996

1 x 0.750L
Bordeaux
perfect
perfect
into neck
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92 / 100 Robert Parker
Proprietor Christian Moueix's 1996s have turned out well in the bottle. The 1996 Petrus is a big, monolithic, foursquare wine with an impressively opaque purple color, and sweet berry fruit intermixed with earth, pain grille, and coffee scents. Full-bodied and muscular, with high levels of tannin, and a backward style, this wine (less than 50% of the production was bottled as Petrus) will require patience. It is a mammoth example.
Wine Advocate #122 Apr 1999
94 / 100 Wine Spectator
Wild aromas of crushed fruit, forest flower and wild mushrooms. Full-bodied, with incredibly velvety tannins that go on and on. Lovely and exciting fruit. Gorgeous, seductive wine. Hard to resist now. Better than I remember.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2007.
http://www.winespectator.com/wine/detail/source/search/not..
18 / 20 Jancis Robinson
Rather a muddy, diffuse nose – though could be interpreted as comforting. Super-rich fruitcake on the palate. Quite dry tannins on the finish. This wine seemed very different from all the other 1996s tasted in this range – fullblown yet not ready to drink. At a decidedly awkward stage.
http://www.jancisrobinson.com/tastings/search?perpage=20&k..
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