Pourquoi Petrus n'est pas un château ?

Pourquoi Petrus n'est pas un château ?

Oui, le nom actuel sur l'étiquette est Petrus et non Château Petrus. En effet, l'utilisation du mot château implique que la vinification est réalisée sur la propriété (plus de détail dans le billet : Pourquoi château dans les noms de vin?). Or, ce ne fut pas le cas durant de nombreuses années.

Pourquoi Petrus n'est pas classé ?

Château Petrus, propriété à Pomerol de la famille Moueix, ne s'est pas déclaré vaincu et l'an dernier, a poursuivi en correctionnel CGM pour "pratiques commerciales trompeuses" après la publication sur internet d'une annonce d'un particulier souhaitant revendre des bouteilles du "second vin de Petrus".

What kind of wine is Château Pétrus?

• Château Pétrus is a Bordeaux, France, wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. A small estate of just 11.4 hectares (28 acres), it produces a red wine entirely from Merlot grapes (since the end of 2010), and produces no second wine.

Who owns Pomerol Chateau Petrus?

• For more than a century, the Arnaud family maintained ownership of the property. At that time, the small chateau was widely known as Petrus (Arnaud). By the mid to late 1800s, Petrus was starting to become well-known. It was considered the third-best wine in Pomerol, just after Vieux Chateau Certan and Trotanoy.

What is the most popular wine in Pomerol?

• This is Pomerol's most sought-after wine (as measured by user searches). Petrus is easily Pomerol's most important wine, and is one of the most notable estates in Bordeaux. The Merlot -based wine comes from an 11.4-hectare (28-acre) vineyard in the eastern part of the Pomerol appellation, and is know...

What is Chateau Latour a' Pomerol?

• They owned two small Pomerol properties at the end of the nineteenth century, Jeanlade and Chante-Caille, which morphed into Chateau Chateau Latour a’ Pomerol. Plus their brother was the Mayor of Libourne. With all that land, along with the best hotel and restaurant in Libourne, they were well connected.