Petrus Dinner 2009-10-13 wines

Wines List
1980 Dom Perignon Enotheque, Champagne ***
1994 Chateau Haut Brion Blanc, Pessac Leognan RP95 ****
1994 Domaine Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne, Burgundy RP96 ****/*
1953 Maison Leroy La Romanee, Burgundy ****
1959 Domaine Henri Jayer, Richebourg, Burgundy ****/*
1928 Petrus, Pomerol ***
1997 Harlan Estate, Napa RP100 *****
1997 Screaming Eagle, Napa RP100 *****
1997 Bryant Family Vineyard, Napa RP100 *****
1997 Dalla Valle, Maya, Napa RP99 ****/*

For 4 97 Napa, my ranking is
1. Screaming Eagle
2. Harlan Estate
3. Bryant Family
4. Maya

ok old champagne, not bad but not great as well.

Great nose, a bit lean from the beginning, rich palate and long aftertaste.

Fresher than Coche Dury, fruity and rich, oily feel bordeaux white, nice.

Tasted it blind, good fruit and great intensity, sweet, decent aftertaste, unbelievable young.

Great nose and smell like Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne? after the toasty oak smell subsided, it revealed Vosne Romanee nose and quite typical Richebourg. Medium full bodied and nice, decent aftertaste. great burgundy!

Pretty old Bordeaux nose, but very intense, slightly Soya Sauce nose but in good way, a bit acidic and lean, already past the peak, nice but not great.

very elegant, quite bordeaux feel, complex and well structured. The only disadvantage is so expensive, one of the great Napa wine!

This is my second time to try this monster. It showed the best among 4 97 Napa wines, very full bodied, complex, structure, long long aftertaste and very powerful, rich and sensational. Definately the best Napa cabernet I've ever tasted.

Good nose, quite fruity and attractive, rich and complex, long aftertaste and round mouthful feel, full bodied. Very nice but not the league of Screaming Eagle or Harlan Estate.

This is my first time to try Maya. Very powerful, structured, good fruit but a little bit acidic, not the league of previous three Napas, that's why it has only 99 marks and not perfect!

P.S. After 24 hours +, I've tried the leftover wines in the bottle and found that they were still drinkable! In fact quite nice! It seems that 97 top Napas can age decades!

Petrus Dinner 2009-10-13 food

1961 Leoville Poyferre

1961 Leoville Poyferre

Excellent condition
great nose, good bodied. A little bit acidic from the beginning, but after 30 mins, the acid subside, great cedar box nose plus black currant. Smooth, nice mouthful feel, enjoyable, hedonistic. Not a wow wine but very very nice. That's why people love drinking old Bordeaux! (****/*)


very clean label


excellent cork condition.