The origin of the Petrus Estate name comes from a small area called “Petrus”.
Yet before 1945 Petrus stayed confidential. In 19th century the chateau belonged to the Arnaud Family. In 1920, Mrs Loubat inherited that vineyard situated on the highest part of the appellation Pomerol, in the Bordeaux region. Twenty years later, she was joined by Jean-Pierre Moueix, wine-merchant established on the quay of the River Dordogne. Château-Pétrus began to come out of its anonymity.
Madame Loubat presented her bottles in England for HRH Princess Elizabeth and Philip, duke of Edinborough's wedding. Across the Atlantic, Pétrus became the special wine of the Kennedys.
In Pomerol there is no classification as in Médoc or Saint-Emilion. But the small surface, 11.50 hectares (9 times smaller than Lafite) of Pétrus makes it rare.
Pétrus, tremendous soil, is first of all the rendez-vous of men in love with wine; Michel Gilet, master of the vines, dreams of nature without chemistry; Francois Veyssiere, cellar-master is also collector of fruit-trees in danger of extinction; the winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet brings his enthusiasm of Basque to Pétrus as well as to Lafleur-Pétrus, La Magdeleine and Trotanoy. Today Pétrus is owned by the eternal Jean-Pierre Moueix and by Lily-Paul Lacoste Loubat, heiress and niece of Madame Loubat.
The blend: 95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
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