Pétrus
Nowadays
Pétrus is considered to be the most interesting
of the Pomerols.
Yet before 1945 it stayed confidential. In 1920 Mrs Loubat inherited
that vineyard situated on the highest part of the appellation
Pomerol, in the Bordeaux
region. Twenty years later she was joined by Jean-Pierre Mouex,
wine-merchant established on the quay of the River Dordogne. Château-Pétrus
began to come out of its anonymity.
Madame Loubat presented her bottles in England for HRH Princess
Elizabeth and Philip, duke of Edinborough's wedding. Across the
Atlantic, Pétrus became the special wine of the Kennedy's.
In Pomerol there is no classification as in Médoc
or Saint-Emilion. But the small
surface, 11,50 hectares (9 time smaller than Lafite) of Pétrus
makes it rare.
Situated on the higher point of Pomerol.
The new barrels are washed in order not to mark the wine to much.
The grapes are harvested when fully matured for the purity of
taste to the detriment of productivity.
Pétrus, tremendous soil, is first of all the rendez-vous
of men in love with wine; Michel Gilet, master of the vines, dreams
of nature without chemistry; Francois Veyssiere, cellar-master
is also collector of fruit-trees in danger of extinction; the
winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet brings his enthusiasm of Basque
to Pétrus as well as to Lafleur-Pétrus, La Magdeleine
and Trotanoy.
Today
Pétrus is owned by the eternal Jean-Pierre Mouex and by
Lily-Paul Lacoste Loubat, heiress and niece of Madame Loubat.
At present a bottle of Pétrus sells at around 600 Euros.
Next: Château
Margaux - La
Romanée Conti
