2016 Petrus Pomerol, D-Magnum (3L)
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100RP100JS99JA99JD
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerJD = Jeb DunnuckJS = James SucklingJA = Jane Anson
- Rating
- RP100/JS100/JA99/JD99
- Producer
- Petrus
- Vintage
- 2016
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pomerol
- Country
- France
- Format
- D-Magnum
- Volume
- 3000mL
- ABV
- 14.5
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
RP100 "Opaque purple-black colored, the 2016 Petrus slips effortlessly out of the glass with sanguine, seductive notes of kirsch, warm black plums, blueberry compote, red roses, Ceylon tea, violets, dark chocolate-covered cherries, licorice and cinnamon stick with wafts of iron ore, pencil lead, unsmoked cigars and crushed rocks. Full-bodied, profound and absolutely edifying on the palate, the densely packed, beautifully perfumed red and blue fruit layers possess a charge like defibrillators stimulating your heart to beat faster, each delivering achingly subtle floral and spice sparks, perfectly framed by very firm, very grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with incredible length and taking you to depths that extend to a provocative ferrous undercurrent. Stunning." LPB for TWA Nov 2018
JS100 "This is very fleshy and deep with so much texture and richness. It’s full-bodied yet fresh. The tobacco, white truffle, licorice and dark fruit are so impressive. It’s so exuberant and wild. It just goes on for ever. Spellbinding. Very muscular and powerful. Agile and energetic. Please give this time." JS Jan 2019
AG99 "The 2016 Pétrus is magnificent. There is a sense of total completeness in the 2016 that is hard to capture with words. A regal wine of total presence, the 2016 simply has it all. Beautifully layered in the glass, with stunning aromatics and endless, layered fruit, the 2016 is utterly captivating. Once again I am struck by the wine's purity and total class. Technical Director Olivier Berrout and his team turned out a magnificent Pétrus in 2016." AG for VM Jan 2019
JA99 "Getting to enjoy Petrus as it comes into full maturity is a glorious thing, and this combines fleshy promise of ripe damson fruits with subtle floral aromatics of crushed red roses. Fleshy yet with bite, fragrant and still peering over the line of maturity, the truffles that will surely come in a few years are not yet apparent, instead we are still on autumnal berries and toasted spice, underpinned by cocoa bean and liquorice. So good. 50% new oak, Olivier Berrouet winemaker." JA for IB Jan 2026
JD99 " One of the top wines in the vintage is unquestionably the 2016 Petrus, which is, as always, all Merlot aged in just over half new French oak. It's more reserved and subtle compared to the 2015, yet it’s unquestionably in the same ballpark, offering a deep ruby/purple color as well as a classy bouquet of crème de cassis, black cherries, graphite, smoke tobacco, spring flowers, and subtle spicy oak. This is a wine that builds with time in the glass and delivers a full-bodied, multi-dimensional texture, present, ripe tannins, perfect balance, and a finish that won't quit. It’s haute couture at its finest, and as I wrote multiple times in my notes, simply pure class." JD Feb 2019
JS100 "This is very fleshy and deep with so much texture and richness. It’s full-bodied yet fresh. The tobacco, white truffle, licorice and dark fruit are so impressive. It’s so exuberant and wild. It just goes on for ever. Spellbinding. Very muscular and powerful. Agile and energetic. Please give this time." JS Jan 2019
AG99 "The 2016 Pétrus is magnificent. There is a sense of total completeness in the 2016 that is hard to capture with words. A regal wine of total presence, the 2016 simply has it all. Beautifully layered in the glass, with stunning aromatics and endless, layered fruit, the 2016 is utterly captivating. Once again I am struck by the wine's purity and total class. Technical Director Olivier Berrout and his team turned out a magnificent Pétrus in 2016." AG for VM Jan 2019
JA99 "Getting to enjoy Petrus as it comes into full maturity is a glorious thing, and this combines fleshy promise of ripe damson fruits with subtle floral aromatics of crushed red roses. Fleshy yet with bite, fragrant and still peering over the line of maturity, the truffles that will surely come in a few years are not yet apparent, instead we are still on autumnal berries and toasted spice, underpinned by cocoa bean and liquorice. So good. 50% new oak, Olivier Berrouet winemaker." JA for IB Jan 2026
JD99 " One of the top wines in the vintage is unquestionably the 2016 Petrus, which is, as always, all Merlot aged in just over half new French oak. It's more reserved and subtle compared to the 2015, yet it’s unquestionably in the same ballpark, offering a deep ruby/purple color as well as a classy bouquet of crème de cassis, black cherries, graphite, smoke tobacco, spring flowers, and subtle spicy oak. This is a wine that builds with time in the glass and delivers a full-bodied, multi-dimensional texture, present, ripe tannins, perfect balance, and a finish that won't quit. It’s haute couture at its finest, and as I wrote multiple times in my notes, simply pure class." JD Feb 2019