Petrus Ex Chateau 2025

Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart floral unterlegte Nuancen, kandierte Veilchen, schwarze Waldbeeren, Nuancen von Himbeermark, Orangenblüten bis schwarze Trüffel, etwas Lakritze, ungemein verführerisches, facettenreiches Bukett. Saftig, extraktsüß, reife Pflaumen und Kirschen, extraktsüßer Kern, frisch strukturiert, schmelzende Tannine, mineralisch und anhaftend, präzise und minutenlang anhaftend, Potenzial für Jahrzehnte."

James Suckling: The purity of fruit is really impressive on the nose. It’s rich and flamboyant, giving aromas of black olives, rose stems, blackberries and some blueberries. On the palate it delivers an intense and refined structure with open-grained tannins that keep it fresh and lively, There is the structure of a great past year, but then the flamboyance of aromas and richness."

Jane Anson: This shows a different depth and construction from many in the appellation, and here you truly see the impact of terroir. Intense aromatics, crushed red rose petals, so perfumed, then a pillow like texture with underlying grip and tension. On the palate expect dusted cocoa beans, cherries wrapped in chocolate, mint leaf, slate, crayon, olive pit, graphite, utterly delicious. All the elements that make a great Petrus are right here. 3.55ph, 20hl/h yield. 190 kilos of berries to get 100l of juice, compared to 135 kilos traditionally. Harvest started on August 28 on the young vines, then stopped and started again September 5, and finished September 11. Olivier Berrouet winemaker."

Wine Advocate: A wine of remarkable density and persistence, the 2025 Pétrus shows huge potential, unwinding in the glass with brooding aromas of sweet cherries, berries, violets and spices. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's elegantly muscular, with prodigious levels of concentration, lively acids, sweet tannins and a long, palate-staining finish. It's a legend in the making that recalls the intensity of flavor of some of the great post-war Pétrus vintages."

Vinum: Die Nase ist tief und komplex, was für ein Duft, dunkle Frucht, ein Hauch von Weihnachtsgewürz, rauchige Noten, getrocknete Veilchenblüten, Schwarzkirsche; am Gaumen dicht und konzentriert, sehr opulent, süsse, reife Frucht, reifes, im Massen vorhandenes Tannin kontert, der Wein ist ausgesprochen druckvoll, mächtig; ausgezeichnete Länge, endet würzig, salzig und dunkelfruchtig. Ein monumentaler Petrus."

The Wine Cellar Insider: Strong scents of violets kick off the aromatic profile before discovering the wealth of chocolate, black cherries, black raspberries, spice, and truffles in the nose. The fireworks, however, are on the palate. Seductive, hedonistic, creamy, intense, and also vibrant, it is impossible to to be moved by the depth, concentration, and weightless energy in the fruits. The silky, freshness continues allowing you to enjoy the long, velvety finish that sticks with you for over 60 seconds. The tricky part to create the 2025 was finding the perfect dates to harvest for their Merlot on clay. Harvesting took place for the young vines August 28. September 5 - September 11. 14.5 ABV%, 3.55 pH. Yields were only 20 hectoliters per hectare. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2075."

Decanter: What a wow wine! Easily one of the best of the vintage and a potential 100-point wine, performing the magic Petrus seems able to do by presenting power and softness, depth, aromatic intensity and freshness all at once. This has all the elements of a great wine. Incredible aromatics with real depth of floral notes - both dried and freshly picked - violets, iris and rose, plus a dark, almost heady aspect to the fruit. Liquorice, iron, perfume, five spice, clove and tobacco - a whole cacophony of aromas here. Smooth and silky yet so enrobing on the palate, you get a soft fleshy aspect with fine powdery tannins filling the mouth with a really red berry, strawberry and cherry aspect before darker liquorice notes come in. Such intense flavours with concentration that is finely presented, layered and vertical yet so deep and long. Really very delicious in its construction - nothing over the top, all harmoniously presented with such detail on show, but not overly precise, firm or tight either. Walks a fine line between mouthwatering succulent juicy red fruit and finely spiced wet stone and iron tang. I love it. 14.5%. 3.55pH. A yield of 20hl/ha."

Jeb Dunnuck: Deep purple-hued, the 2025 Château Petrus is, as always, 100% Merlot raised in 50% new barriques, and it hits a solid 14.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.6. Harvested between the 4th and 11th of September, it's another wine that tastes like the very essence of the château, with ripe black cherries, red plums, graphite, iron, and violets all shining on the nose. It's incredibly rich and concentrated on the palate, with flawlessly polished yet massive tannins, and somehow manages to stay powerful and balanced while remaining elegant."