Petrus 1978
Petrus 1978
In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl
In bond price shown. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry · 1x75cl
5 bottles available
From one of our suppliers. Usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT. Nothing is charged until you accept it.
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One bottle of Petrus 1978, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed. Price per bottle, In Bond UK.
Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
Price per bottle £1,709.00 In Bond, excludes duty and VATIn bond price. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry
5 available, 1x75cl
Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT.
This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
Offered subject to availability. We confirm every wine with the supplier before your order is finalised, and contact you the same working day if anything has changed.
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- Format
- 1x75cl
- Vintage
- 1978
- Producer
- Petrus
- Origin
- Pomerol, France
- Type
- Red
- Duty status
- In Bond
- Availability
- From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks
What the critics say
90 VMVinous, Neal Martin, 01-07-2020
The 1978 Petrus is slightly better than the previous one tasted. It shows moderate bricking on the rim, but healthy and quite deep at its core. It has a conservative, floral nose as usual with plenty of sous-bois. There is a bit of mulch in here, but also a sense of simple joy. The palate is medium-bodied with lovely balance, this example showing a tad more flesh than expected with a pinch of black and bell pepper towards the finish. As I remarked before, there is no need to continue cellaring the 1978 as it will not improve further and yet undeniably it is commendable for the vintage. Old school Petrus. Tasted at the Petrus dinner at Hide restaurant in London.
Drink 2020 to 2025
83 WAWine Advocate, Robert Parker, 23-02-1996
I have never been a fan of the 1978 Petrus, but even I was ready to give it the benefit of doubt and be seduced when it was served out of an Imperial. The wine revealed a medium ruby color, followed by an herb, under-ripe tomato, vegetal nose, medium body, and average flavor concentration and length. It is neither distinguished nor Pomerol-like. It is hard to believe that auction prices for vintages such as 1978, or for that matter 1979, can remain so high, but Petrus has a mystique unlike any other red wine of France. The notes for this wine are taken from the description of Series VI - Flight A of the 1995 tasting conducted in Munich by Helga and Hardy Rodenstock. Many years after the tasting from which this note derives allegations were made concerning the authenticity of old and rare bottles of wine sold by Hardy Rodenstock to collectors around the world. The matter has been the subject of numerous articles, litigation and at least one book. Mr. Parker believes that the wines served to him at this tasting were authentic so this note and the others from that specific tasting continue to be posted on eRobertParker.com.
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