WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 877. The average score for Château Pétrus is 918, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Pétrus they use words like Purple, Full, Tannin, Decades, Pétrus, Spice, Rich, Tannins, Powerful, Fruit, Sweet, Dense, Black, Pure, Inky. The 1989 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Pétrus: Thickness, Damp, Flashy, Provocative, Impeccable, Clean, Soft, Authorative, Animal, Commanding. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.36%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1989 (13.5% vs 12.92%). The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Pétrus around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 29 further years to decline.
Better value alternatives would be Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château La Conseillante 2005, Château Giscours 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Pétrus 1989
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
215 |
| 2015-04-06 |
gbp |
3302 |