2020 Chateau Petrus

The 2020 Petrus has retained its opaque purple-black color after bottling, foreshadowing the seemingly frozen glacial pace at which this wine continues. It opens very reluctantly, requires a lot of air with vigorous rolling and after a few hours this giant of a wine awakens. As it eventually unfolds, it slowly transforms into a powerful, fantastically clean nose of preserved plums, blackberry preserves and blueberry compote, followed by nuances of molten licorice, dark chocolate, black truffles, iron ore and, even later, floral notions of lilacs and rose oil. On the palate the wine is tight, muscular with many, many layers of perfectly ripe black and blue fruit, exotic herbs and earthy notions for which words simply fail. It will take a good 8-10 years to get going, then it's very likely to outlast us all, but you should make sure you drink this one before you go.

This Peter also comes directly from the Chateau. We always buy all our wines from importers or chateaus so that authenticity can be checked and that we can be sure that these wines are always stored in good conditions. We only deliver this wine in the Netherlands. For foreign customers you can opt for Pick-up (collect yourself or by a courier of your choice).

Drinking window: 2028-2070 - 100/100 Parker & Suckling