Robert Parker Rating January 1998:100 Points Robert Parker Rating October 1994:100 Points Robert Parker Rating December 1993:100 Points Robert Parker Rating April 1992:100 Points
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Robert Parker Review January 1998:
The 1947 Petrus is the most decadent "wine of the century." While not as port-like as the 1947 Cheval Blanc, it is a massive, unctuously-textured, viscous wine with amazing power, richness, and sweet fruit. The nose explodes from the glass, offering jammy fruit, smoke, and buttery caramel scents. The wine's viscosity is reminiscent of 10-W-40 motor oil. It is so sweet, thick, and rich one suspects a spoon could stand upright. The wine is loaded with dream-like quantities of fruit, as well as high alcohol, but there is no noticeable tannin. While drinkable now, given its amazing fruit extract, and high levels of glycerin and alcohol, it is capable of lasting two more decades. Last tasted 11/97
Robert Parker Rating October 1994:
The 1947 Petrus is the most decadent "wine of the century." While not as port-like as the 1947 Cheval Blanc, it is a massive, unctuously-textured, viscous wine with amazing power, richness, and sweet fruit. The nose explodes from the glass, offering jammy fruit, smoke, and buttery caramel scents. The wine's viscosity is reminiscent of 10-W-40 motor oil. It is so sweet, thick, and rich one suspects a spoon could stand upright. The wine is loaded with dream-like quantities of fruit, as well as high alcohol, but there is no noticeable tannin. While drinkable now, given its amazing fruit extract, and high levels of glycerin and alcohol, it is capable of lasting two more decades.
Robert Parker Review December 1993:
Drunk twice in the last three months (believe me, I know how lucky I am), the 1947 Petrus is the most decadent "wine of the century." While not as port-like as the 1947 Cheval Blanc, it is a massive, unctuously-textured, viscous wine with amazing power, richness, and sweet fruit. The nose explodes from the glass, offering jammy fruit, smoke, and buttery caramel scents. The wine's viscosity is reminiscent of 10-W-40 motor oil. It is so sweet, thick, and rich one suspects a spoon could stand upright. The wine is loaded with dream-like quantities of fruit, as well as high alcohol, but there is no noticeable tannin. At two tastings (a chateau-bottled offering in New York and a Belgian bottling in Bordeaux), the only difference I noted was that the Belgian-bottled wine was slightly more evolved. While drinkable now, given its amazing fruit extract, and high levels of glycerin and alcohol, it is capable of lasting two more decades.
Robert Parker Review April 1992:
This is the mother of all Pomerols. A wine that is so rich, so complex, so mind-boggling that it might well be worth killing for. When I had it in a blind tasting, it was so amazingly fragrant and complex I first thought from the bouquet alone it could be the 1961 Palmer. But when it hit my palate, there was no question that a wine with this much glycerin, unctuous texture and richness could only be a great vintage of Petrus or Lafleur. Sensational! Based on this bottle, the wine should continue to drink well for another 30-40 years. A hundred year wine?
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