Pétrus - Pomerol 2010 (750ml)
James Suckling: 100 Points
This a Petrus with extraordinary balance and depth. It shows such elegance in the nose with complexity of black olives dark fruits and flowers. The palate is full and ultra-velvety yet there is a cashmere quality to the texture. It takes your breath away. There's almost a Burgundian quality in the mouthfeel meaning it takes you deep into the soil and captivates your attention. Greatest modern vintage of Petrus ever?
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
Deep garnet colored the 2010 Petrus opens a little broody with gentle crushed rocks cast iron pan and fragrant earth notions giving way to a core plum preserves baked blueberries licorice and Black Forest cake plus wafts of pencil shavings garrigue and violets. Full-bodied the palate is beautifully poised with a firm line of exquisitely ripe fine-grained tannins and fantastic freshness bolstering the generous fruit finishing very long and very very classy. Collectors fortunate enough to have a few bottles of this vintage are advised to be patient and allow it a further 7-10 years to loosen-up and emerge gloriously from this rock-solid structure. Published: Mar 05 2020
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2010 Petrus has an extraordinary bouquet ineffably complex with brambly red fruit sous-bois dried blood and wild mint aromas that unfurl magically from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins fleshy and generous yet amazingly controlled with such tension and grace on the silky smooth finish. This is a fantastic Petrus one of the greatest in recent years. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the BI Wines & Spirits 10-Year On tasting. - By Neal Martin on February 2020
Decanter: 98 Points
Maybe surprising to see a Pomerol that is so well-built that it is not anywhere near ready even at 10 years old but this is Pétrus a place that writes its own rules. The brushed silk exuberance is there but hidden underneath a still-pulsating wall of tannins. You expect this level of concentration in Pauillac so it is more of a surprise on the Right Bank but here you are in no doubt that 2010 is an intellectual demanding vintage that needs to be given time. You need to look to 2009 Pétrus to begin enjoying any time soon - this is structured full of dark fruits structured savagely built out to impress.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
This feels dense and unyielding now with loads of grip supporting a dark muscular and very backward core of bay leaf tobacco plum blackberry and fig notes. Powerful fresh and racy with a tarry edge adding vivacity and drive to the lengthy raspberry-dominated finish. The raspberry spine seems destined to win out after extended cellaring. Best from 2017 through 2035. 2500 cases made.
