Petrus Pomerol 1960

Known as one of the most expensive and renowned wines on the planet, Petrus is one of the rare Bordeaux wines not to use the appellation "castle". While, in Pomerol, we do not classify wines, amateurs and professionals would easily give Petrus the distinction of “Super Premier Cru” if it existed. Petrus is not a castle. It is a unique terroir: the vineyard rests on a lump of clay on which the Merlot gives the best of itself. It is a legendary wine as rare (around 30,000 bottles per year) as it is sought after: the inaccessible vintage that only a chosen few have the chance to bring to their lips.

The first known owners of Petrus were the Arnaud family who owned the estate from the 1830s until the end of the First World War.
Its name comes from the place where the vines are rooted: Saint Pierre (Petrus in Latin). We find Saint Pierre who holds the keys to paradise on the label.

Petrus is already recognized as a great wine but its notoriety took off with the arrival of the Moueix family in 1964.

One of its first actions was to enrich the vineyard with 5 hectares of vines bought from Château Gazin, thus bringing the surface area of ​​this small estate to 11.5 hectares.

It is the unique terroir which explains in part of the exceptional quality of Petrus.
The vines are placed on blue clay which absorbs water and returns it drop by drop: the Merlot flourishes there wonderfully.

The work on the vines is meticulous all year round (thinning, leaf stripping) and the entire harvest is picked in two afternoons. Fermentations are carried out in thermoregulated cement vats and aging is done in new barrels

In 2014, a new cellar, designed by architect Jean-Pierre Errath, was built

Petrus is now one of the most sought-after wines on the planet. Its very particular terroir and the men who knew how to sublimate it make Petrus a unique, exceptional vintage, a legend...