12 bottles per lot
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Offered in original wooden case
Château Pétrus--Vintage 1989
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel. Château-bottled
Excellent appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting note: First tasted November 1990: a seriously big wine: opaque, intense, purple; packed and powerful (13.5 a whole degree of more alcohol than the first growth Médocs) - said to be the result of a rigourous 'green harvest' to thin out the bunches and concentrate the grapes. Tasted again from the cask in June 1991: disarmingly sweet but very tannic. Next a double magnum served at Rodenstock's opening dinner in 1995: still very deep and intense, but it had developed a marvellous scent; sweet, chunky, oaky, spicy. And three years later, teasingly in a blind 'flight', incorrectly noted as 'not Pétrus', level pegging with the odd-man out, Gaja's Darmagi.
At Penning-Rowsell's '10-year' first growth tasting in 1999 it was still deep, youthful with opaque core; and a slightly chocolatey nose. As so often, even with these top Pomerols, far more interesting on the palate: sweet, rich, full of fruit, rounded - but a slightly rough texture ('raw tannin' in 1998) noted again. Most recently; a double-magnum: still virtually opaque; good fruit, truffles; fairly full-bodied, a touch of austerity; good texture (which should have alerted me), great length. Tasted blind I thought it was the Latour. Last noted at the Eigensatzs' Hotel Eden-Parc in Bad Schwalbach, Nov 2001 **(***) 2015-2050 Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
Château Pétrus--Vintage 1989
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel. Château-bottled
Excellent appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting note: First tasted November 1990: a seriously big wine: opaque, intense, purple; packed and powerful (13.5 a whole degree of more alcohol than the first growth Médocs) - said to be the result of a rigourous 'green harvest' to thin out the bunches and concentrate the grapes. Tasted again from the cask in June 1991: disarmingly sweet but very tannic. Next a double magnum served at Rodenstock's opening dinner in 1995: still very deep and intense, but it had developed a marvellous scent; sweet, chunky, oaky, spicy. And three years later, teasingly in a blind 'flight', incorrectly noted as 'not Pétrus', level pegging with the odd-man out, Gaja's Darmagi.
At Penning-Rowsell's '10-year' first growth tasting in 1999 it was still deep, youthful with opaque core; and a slightly chocolatey nose. As so often, even with these top Pomerols, far more interesting on the palate: sweet, rich, full of fruit, rounded - but a slightly rough texture ('raw tannin' in 1998) noted again. Most recently; a double-magnum: still virtually opaque; good fruit, truffles; fairly full-bodied, a touch of austerity; good texture (which should have alerted me), great length. Tasted blind I thought it was the Latour. Last noted at the Eigensatzs' Hotel Eden-Parc in Bad Schwalbach, Nov 2001 **(***) 2015-2050 Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
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