86 Ducru

Lunch at Petrus.

2017 Famille Bourgeois Sancerre Les Côtes aux Valets - really big nose of green apples, along with muscat grapes. So fragrant. Pretty ripe on the palate but still got acidity.

1986 Ducru-Beaucaillou - popped and poured without decanting. The nose was very open from the start, very smoky, a little bretty, earthy, woodsy. The fruit became more obvious after drinking some mushroom soup, and this was also minty. Drinking so, so well right now after almost 40 years.

Full post on lunch is here.