Petrus other_regions as I had an opportunity

as I had an opportunity to spend several hours tasting through all of the wines in barrel with proprietor Roberto Conterno

soft textures and overall amplitude

Leave the Yquem 01 for the millionaires

medium bodied

but I don't see this ever being a truly elegant Barolo

Petrus other_regions as I had an opportunityThe 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