Petrus - 1970 (750ml) Size:750ml and black-berry and cherry fruit

and black-berry and cherry fruit and accented by spicy oak

and good fruit and flavor

but also tannic and unflattering to taste

tannin and structure is simply extraordinary

smoky wines

Petrus - 1970 (750ml) Size:750ml and black-berry and cherry fruitThis dark garnet colored wine shows considerable amber at the edge. I have always had a tenency to taste this side by side with the 1971, and it has been fascinating how the 1971 was fully mature at a much younger age yet continued to hold onto life without losing any of its seductive fruit and intensity. The 1970 started off life more tannic, backward, massive, but needing considerable time, and it has now hit full stride. It is a profound Petrus,