Tasting Notes and Scores
The Petrus 2005 might not be the cheapest wine that has ever been made, but if somebody else is paying it will blow you away. Unsurprisingly, it is bestowed with a more nuanced bouquet than the Le Pin ’05. It is beautifully defined, crystalline, with vibrant red berry fruit, minerals, iris and smoke. This is utterly profound. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannin, perfect acidity, slightly savoury fruit with an iron-rich finish. There is amazing persistence here, a Petrus that has finally decided to join the ranks of the great vintages from this Pomerol estate such as the 1970, 1989 and 1998. Sensational, seductive and serious.
– eRobertParker.com, Feb 2015
Neal Martin
Quality 995 | Brand 997 | Economics 953 |
buzz brand, investment staple
Quality: Predicted life of 30 years, one of the longest drinking windows in its peer group for the 2005 vintage, which averages 11 years
Brand: #3 Most sought after wine globally, with 69,502 searches on Wine-Searcher per month
Economics: More traded at auction than its peers, its top 5 vintages having seen 1,584 75cl equivalent bottles traded in the past year
Production: Higher yields than its peer group average of 35 hl/ha
- www.wine-lister.com June 2017
Wine Lister
Offering pure black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, the inky ruby/purple 2005 Petrus is still very young and unyielding, but super-concentrated, powerful, full-bodied and primordial. It is much more backward than the likes of Lafleur, Trotanoy or Hosanna. Nevertheless, it is super-rich, extracted, beautifully balanced and pure. Forget it for another 10-15 years, and drink it over the following half-century. This may well be among the longest-lived wines of 2005.
Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #219, Jun 2015)
Wine Advocate
Dark, narrow rimmed ruby red; sweetly ripe, oak-caramel tinged, gently earthy to smell, more mature on the nose than the palate; rich, full, firm, concentrated, tannic; a wine of great long term structure, still marked by its firm fruit and oak tannins; dense on the palate, with a mass of fruit, both very ripe and wonderfully fresh at once; powerful without being in any way heavy, with a great tenacity of flavour, and great aromatic length. A wine of substance and sinew but subtlety too. By some way the most backward of the 2005 First Growths. A great deal of patience will be required. 2030-55+
Michael Schuster
The 2005 Petrus is dazzling. Rich, ample and explosive, the 2005 possesses magnificent density from start to finish. An exotic mélange of cedar, blood orange, spicebox, mint and dried flowers leads into a core of deep, concentrated fruit. All the elements meld together seamlessly in a Petrus that simply has it all. Readers fortunate enough to taste it will find a statuesque, monumental Petrus that is both powerful and refined. The 2005 continued to improve as I tasted it into the second day. It is without question one of the standout wines of 2005.
Antonio Galloni
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