Petres
Wijnen Henri Petre
Wijnen Henri Petre is a Belgian wine merchant selling port under its own name. Producer of the port has always been Niepoort
| Petres Vintages: | 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2017 |
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Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 1975 |
| Colour | Very mature yellow in colour, quite beautiful. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, fudge, spiciness, vanilla old grocery shop and French plums in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some old and balanced acidity. Elegant and quite complex port. Easy to drink, like and love with a long and attractive finish. Quite delicious. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 13th May 2017 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 1982 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, coffee, fudge, liquorice and a hint of cacao in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Will not be better so drink up. Toffee and fudge in taste. Balanced and rather elegant with a nice finish but maybe a little short. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th April 2017 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 1990 |
| Colour | Still very dark ruby but with an amber yellow edge. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries, roasted coffee, cacao, dark chocolate, some candy and a hint of liquorice in the nose | Score range | 15.00 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature but will probably improve a bit since there are still some soft tannins. Roasted coffee and fruit in taste. Easy to drink and like with a nice balanced finish. | Average score | 15.70 |
| Last tasted | 7th March 2019 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 1991 |
| Colour | Black in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Juicy and berry in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Lots of tannin and immature. Fruity flavour. Already rather good to drink. Acceptable finish. Not a long runner. | | |
| Last tasted | 3rd October 1994 | Rating this date | Good / Very good |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 1994 |
| Colour | Still dark ruby in colour with a yellow edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries but dominated by volatile acidity. | Score range | 11.00 - 11.00 |
| Taste | Hardly drinkable with volatile acidity, some dark berries and alcohol. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd November 2019 | Point this date | 11.00 |
| Comment | At Peter Andersen's Vintage 1994 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 2011 |
| Colour | Rather dense ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries such as mulberry, blackberry, dark cherry, mature fruit and marzipan in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Lovely body Starting to show some maturation but still with complex and very attractive tannins and will develop a lot. Balanced. Very tasty and elegant with a lovely quite long and rather intensive finish Today very enjoyable even if it will be better. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 9th June 2022 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Petre’s | Vintage | 2017 |
| Colour | Dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries such as mulberry, dark cherry and black berry but also mature fruit and chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body and semi-sweet. Lovely tannins and will improve. Balanced. Very elegant and tasty with a complex and quite lovely finish. Will be exiting to follow. | Average score | 15.70 |
| Last tasted | 21st November 2024 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at the arrival party the day before the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |