WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 952; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 869. The average score for Château Pétrus is 921, 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Pétrus: Bilberry, Balanced, Charm, Fragrant, Special, Blossom, Potential, Tobacco, Cedar, Leather. The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 34 years (by 2050). It normally takes wines from Château Pétrus around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 29 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Palmer 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Pétrus 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
111 |