Château Petrus, 2001 Homeware but sultry blend of Cabernet

but sultry blend of Cabernet Franc

grace and glamorous

and this vintage of Ornellaia is surely destined to flesh out and grow more complex with age

This Guiberteau vineyard is monopole of younger vine material grown on a clay / limestone terroir that has only 30 cm of top soil and then pure chalky bedrock

Cheese knife with "mouchette" cheese slicer

Château Petrus, 2001 Homeware but sultry blend of CabernetThe 2001 Petrus has always been among winemaker Jean Claude Berrouets favourite vintages. Theres not many 2001s I know of that will compete with the 2001 Petrus. Still youthfully ruby in colour, it offers an incredibly complex perfume of blackcurrants, forest floor, white truffles and Asian spices. These give way to a full bodied, beautifully concentrated, opulent, hedonistic, yet also elegant 2001 that has loads of sweet tannin, beautiful mid palate