Chateau Petrus 1973

Classification
Type	Rouge
Marque	Chateau Petrus
Millésime	1973
Pays	France
Région	Bordeaux, Pomerol
Raisin	Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Bordeaux Blend
Volume
État	Very top shoulder
Étiquette	Légèrement Sale
Stock	0
Volume
État	Haut-Epaule
Étiquette	Damaged, label taped by owner
Stock	0
Volume
État	Mid to High shoulder
Étiquette	Légèrement Abîmée
Stock	0
Volume
État	Tres Legerement basse
Étiquette	Abîmée, Fanée ou Sale
Stock	0
Volume
État	Tres Legerement basse
Étiquette	Légèrement Abîmée, Légèrement Sale
Stock	0
Volume
État	Parfait
Étiquette	Bien
Consommable	-2015
Stock	0

Avis professionnels

Robert Parker (90)

In the first issue of THE WINE ADVOCATE (which was sent free of charge since no one had any interest in a publication by someone named Robert Parker), this was one of my top picks in what was otherwise a critical look at the diluted 1973 vintage. I ended up buying a half case of the 1973 Petrus (for $15 a bottle!). The wine was so delicious, as well as surprisingly concentrated for a 1973, that I drank all of it in its first decade of life. In a recent blind tasting, this magnum still revealed the wine's marvelous fruit and precociousness. Although it does not possess the power and richness of a great vintage, it is an outstanding Petrus. It offers a surprisingly intense, spicy, sweet, mocha, and black-cherry-scented nose, medium to full body, admirable fruit and purity, and a long, lush, super-soft finish displaying a trace of herbs and tea. This generously-endowed, velvety-textured wine has been fully mature for nearly two decades, yet it exhibits no signs of decline - rather amazing!

Winespectator (78)

Not unpleasant for a wine from such a weak vintage, with simple earthy, minty aromas and flavors. A rather green, unripe flavor detracts, however

Rene Gabriel (17)

Rene Gabriel rates this wine 17/20 points.