Petrus - Pomerol 1992

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88 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/15/1995

Not great but very good. Lovely finesse and good backbone of tannins and fruit. Medium-bodied and silky, featuring a berry, tobacco and mineral finish.

Wine Advocate

90 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe12/31/1994

The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the "wine of the vintage." The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to only 2,600 cases, resulting in an atypically concentrated, powerful, rich wine with a dark, saturated ruby/purple color, a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit, vanillin, caramel, and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful, with superb density of fruit and richness, as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin, this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+. Interestingly, the Petrus vineyard, along with that of its sibling, Trotanoy, was covered with black plastic in early September, 1992 to trap most of the rain rather than allowing it to saturate the vineyard's soil and dilute the grapes. It was a strategy that obviously paid off.

Wine Advocate

90-92 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1994

The Petrus vineyard, along with that of Trotanoy, was covered with black plastic at the beginning of September, thus trapping all the rain rather than allowing it to saturate the vineyard's soil and dilute the grapes. Although some of this estate's critics have called it a publicity stunt, the brilliance of this decision is manifested in the outstanding extract levels of both the 1992 Petrus and 1992 Trotanoy. Along with Lafleur, the 1992 Petrus is one of the leading candidates for the "wine of the vintage." It exhibits an opaque ruby/purple color, and a big, sweet nose of caramel, vanillin, blackcurrants, and herbs. Rich and ripe, with layers of sweet, jammy fruit, this unctuously-textured, thick, superbly-concentrated wine will have a great future. Full-bodied, with plenty of tannin in the finish, it should be at its best by the turn of the century and last for at least 20 years thereafter. An awesome 1992!