1992 Petrus Bordeaux - 750ml

1992 Petrus Bordeaux - 750ml

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1992 Petrus Bordeaux

Petrus is easily Pomerol's most important wine, and is one of the most notable estates in Bordeaux. The Merlot-based wine comes from an 11.4-hectare (28-acre) vineyard in the eastern part of the Pomerol appellation, and is known for being rich and powerful, with characteristics of chocolate, spice and black fruit. Petrus is one of the world's most collectable and expensive wines.

The original 7-hectare (17-acre) vineyard is located on a mound where the soil is almost all clay, unlike nearby properties where there is more gravel or sand in the soil. The high clay content is particularly suitable for Merlot – a unique second layer of dense blue clay forces root systems to spread sideways. This feature is often credited with giving Petrus its soft but abundant tannins. The remaining vineyard was acquired from neighboring Château Gazin in 1969.


Product Details

Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 1992
Rating RP90
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Location Pomerol
Producer Petrus
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Winery Details

Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 1992
Rating RP90
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Location Pomerol
Producer Petrus
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Robert Parker

Rating RP90 - 1992 Petrus Bordeaux The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The normal production of 4500 cases was severely reduced to only 2600 cases resulting in an atypically concentrated powerful rich wine with a dark saturated ruby/purple color a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit vanillin caramel and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful with superb density of fruit and richness as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+. Interestingly the Petrus vineyard along with that of its sibling Trotanoy was covered with black plastic in early September 1992 to trap most of the rain rather than allowing it to saturate the vineyard's soil and dilute the grapes. It was a strategy that obviously paid off. RP

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