Petrus Vintage:2000 Sweet and penetrating on the

Sweet and penetrating on the palate

On the palate

forward style of the year

with intense black and blue fruit flavors and a touch of candied violet

Petrus Vintage:2000 Sweet and penetrating on theThe 2003 Petrus was born in a difficult vintage for Pomerol, although its blue clay a. k. a smectite soils probably gave Christian Moueix and Jean Claude Berrouet a slight advantage given its propensity to retain moisture and prevent hydric stress. That said, I would not mark it down as a top tier Petrus. After a timid opening it settles down with attractive mulberry, wild strawberry and clove scents, quite rich but not overpowering. I would argue