Château Petrus, 2001 Homeware Cheese knife with "mouchette" cheese

Cheese knife with "mouchette" cheese slicer

Light greenish gold in colour

the wine may not possess the body and volume of a vintage such as 1990 or 1989

but nowadays considered an austrian speciality

Château Petrus, 2001 Homeware Cheese knife with "mouchette" cheeseThe 2001 Petrus has always been among winemaker Jean Claude Berrouets favourite vintages. Theres not many 2001s I know of that will compete with the 2001 Petrus. Still youthfully ruby in colour, it offers an incredibly complex perfume of blackcurrants, forest floor, white truffles and Asian spices. These give way to a full bodied, beautifully concentrated, opulent, hedonistic, yet also elegant 2001 that has loads of sweet tannin, beautiful mid palate