velvety tannins and seamless freshness
tasted 10/2013
Full-bodied and opulent with impeccable balance as well as purity
full body and an opulent personality
black currant and tobacco flavors
Petrus 2021 750mL White Burg velvety tannins and seamless freshness"From barrel, the 2021 Ptrus was decidedly muscular and introverted, but levage has certainly tamed it, delivering a result that's much more sensual and charming than I could have imagined. Offering up aromas of ripe cherries, mulberries, rose petals, licorice and violets, it's full bodied, ample and fleshy, with a suave, seamless, lively profile and a bright, perfumed finish. This wine, which was racked out of barrel two months earlier than usual,