• Fine Wine Reviews

    The 100-point Perfect 1998 Petrus

    [spacer height=”20px”] Petrus is very likely the most famous wine in the world. Its prestigious status and astonishing price has caught a lot of people’s attention. Unfortunately, Petrus is also one of the top 10 most counterfeited wines in the world. Petrus has an uniquely dense, iron rich clay soil vineyard (11.5 ha) at the highest altitude of Pomerol. As of 2016, the average of the vines is 40 years old, 97% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. The average annual production of Petrus is 2500 cases, and there is no second wine. The grapes of Petrus are fermented in cement vats, aged in 100% new French oak for 22 to…