A wine of remarkable density and persistence, the 2025 Pétrus shows huge potential, unwinding in the glass with brooding aromas of sweet cherries, berries, violets and spices. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's elegantly muscular, with prodigious levels of concentration, lively acids, sweet tannins and a long, palate-staining finish. It's a legend in the making that recalls the intensity of flavor of some of the great post-war Pétrus vintages.

This shows a different depth and construction from many in the appellation, and here you truly see the impact of terroir. Intense aromatics, crushed red rose petals, so perfumed, then a pillow like texture with underlying grip and tension. On the palate expect dusted cocoa beans, cherries wrapped in chocolate, mint leaf, slate, crayon, olive pit, graphite, utterly delicious. All the elements that make a great Petrus are right here. 3.55ph, 20hl/h yield. 190 kilos of berries to get 100l of juice, compared to 135 kilos traditionally. Harvest started on August 28 on the young vines, then stopped and started again September 5, and finished September 11. Olivier Berrouet winemaker.

The 2025 Petrus is incredibly aromatic and refined right out of the gate. Cool blue-toned fruit, sage, mint and spice caress the palate. I can't remember tasting a young Petrus with this much pure finesse. Silky tannins carry the mid-palate and finish effortlessly. Technical Director Olivier Berrouet made all the right calls. Sublime. That's the good news. The less good news is that yields were just 20 hectoliters per hectare.