Petrus

You can find Petrus vintage red wines at Arden Fine Wines in London.

Petrus, the most powerful word in wine, conjures up the same allure, the exotic luxury, and the anticipation of vinous excitement.

The great growths of the Médoc firmly established themselves before the name of Petrus first appeared in records in 1837.

The Arnaud family owned the estate then and when it won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.

This rocketed its own name and that of Pomerol to the fore.

The Arnauds started selling the property to Madame Edmond Loubat in 1925.

She acquired the estate in its entirety by the end of the Second World War.

Madame Loubat believed that she should sell her wine at least at the level of the First Growths.

In 1943, Jean-Pierre Moueix began an extraordinary relationship with Petrus and the family business.

He saw the great potential and quality of the estate and became the sole agent for the property.

He introduced it to America in 1945.

Madame Loubat died in 1961 and for a while, one of her nieces, Madame Lacoste-Loubat, represented the property.

Then, gradually, Moueix acquired all the shares of both her niece and her nephew.

More importantly, Jean-Pierre Moueix’s capable hands managed the estate.

From 1970, Christian Moueix nurtured and made Petrus.

He worked together with the talented Jean-Claude Berrouet as oenologist and Michel Gillet as viticulturist.

After Jean-Pierre Moueix’s death in 2003, Jean-François Moueix became gérant, or manager, of Petrus.

The younger Moueix brother Christian serves as directeur technique.

You can contact us here with any queries for Petrus.