Pétrus 2020

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

Jean-Marc Quarin

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

Wine Maniacs

It is quite interesting to compare with the last vintage. They are like a good pair of examples illusatrating Yin and Yang. When the 2019 more on the red fruits, lighter concentration, everything was about airy, swift, free-flowing. The 2020 vintage is however characterised by expressive black berry notes, more concentration of fruits, with a touch of spiciness. It is further defined by its broad structure, and highly expressive energy flow with forward and pronounced acidity. Tannins are soft and supple, while abundunt in volume, making it a harmonious wine. Already quite complex and palatable with the En Primeur sample. Can drink fairly young (perhaps around 2025) for the youthful character, but can certainly age long time: 2040+.

Falstaff

Wild blueberry in the fragrance, very fresh and clear. Raspberry, redcurrant, plus an iron mineral undertone. On the palate densely subdued with very fine tannin, integrated alcohol, much underlying creaminess, seamlessly integrated acidity, textured and vivacious, and a fine as well as insistent mineral vein that runs through the wine until the very end, as salty perceptions also arise.

Decanter

The Wine Independent

James Suckling

The transparency and complexity in the nose is wonderful, with so much floral character like violets and roses with some fresh spices. Dark berries, too. Sandalwood. It’s medium-bodied but then it just opens and unfolds with incredible depth of fine tannins and great length. It goes on for minutes. It opens like butterfly wings. What a wine. Superb. Drink after 2028.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

As I observed to Olivier Berrouet, it's hardly very original to find a wine critic extolling the virtues of this Pomerol reference point; and yet, whether one likes it or not, there's no denying that the 2020 Pétrus is a brilliant achievement and indeed one of the very finest vintages at this address over the last two decades. Unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of dark berries, cherries and cassis mingled with hints of exotic spices, violets and vine smoke, it's full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with huge depth at the core, exquisitely refined tannins and a youthfully reserved, even restrained profile despite its power and size. This serious, classically proportioned Pétrus is a monument in the making.