Petrus 2018 750mL Red Burg Aftertaste turns to leaves

Aftertaste turns to leaves

followed by wafts of violets

ample and super-ripe

which has put on considerable weight since last year

it reveals extraordinary richness

Petrus 2018 750mL Red Burg Aftertaste turns to leaves"The 2018 Petrus has retained its opaque purple black color after bottling, foreshadowing the seemingly frozen in time glacial pace at which this wine is proceeding. It opens very reluctantly, requiring considerable air with vigorous swirling and doggedly demands a few hours before it offers glimpses at this slumbering giant of a wine. As it eventually unfurls, it slowly morphs into a powerful, fantastically pure nose of preserved plums, blackberry