Chateau Petrus

Fred wrote in news:OTlZe.81832$DW1.6185@fed1read06:

What's wrong with this picture?

Fred.

The accent isn't usually put on capital letters, such as on the label. But it is there. I'd say prh-TROOS.

The accent is on the second syllable, and the correct pronounciation would be pe-TRÜSS (with the ü vowel that exists in French, German, even Turkish, but curiously enough neither in English nor in Spanish or Italian).

Btw, if your back is too bad to allow you to look for the bottle, I am sure some participants of this NG would volunteer to help you in finding, uncorking and tasting it!

Regards

Yves

And be sure to pronounce the "pe" as in "pay", not as in "pee".

M.

exactly, so it is "pay-truce", helps if you pronounce it with Edinburgh accent, in which case you will be spot on. Glaswegian will give it too much of a Parisian inflection ;-)

Nothing. Why should it?

M.

"prh-TROOS"

Obviously the r is a typo, I meant peh-TROOS. With the "eh" somewhere between a as in the English word "pay" and a as in "apply". I used to say pay-TROSS till I was gently corrected by a Moueix rep. But I won't argue with the two Michaels if they say it's pay- he might have corrected me due to the residual of my Southern accent, which is most noticable on long "a" and "i" sounds. :(

" I used to say pay-TROSS "

I'm Mr. Typo this weekend, I used to say pay-TROOS

I just looked at bottles of the 1971 and 1982 Petrus. The label is quite simple. There is a picture of St. Peter. Next is the vintage date. Next is PETRUS in red, large, fancy upper case letters with no special marks. Next is POMEROL in somewhat smaller upper case. The name Chateau is not included before PETRUS. At the lower part of the label in small print is the usual information one finds on a Bordeaux label, such as who made the wine, etc. I do not know if there are any changes since the 1982. I quit buying Petrus after the 1982 vintage, as the price escaped the solar system and now has escalated to outsde of our galaxy. I recently recieved a pre-arrival offer of a recent vintage for a few cents short of US$ 2000. per singe bottle. The 1971 cost about US$ 35 on release.

Reply to snipped-for-privacy@cwdjr.net .

BTW.

The Berry Bos. & Rudd site

PS. (This is the only reason I know how to pronounce Pauillac).

"mike" wrote in news:8lXZe.363$RW.133 @fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

couldn't find any sound file markers, there is perhaps a trick, or just not friendly to Yanks?

My sincere apologies if I did not describe the location too well.

On the home page click the Wine Producers link at the top of the page, then scroll down to, in this case, Petrus,(in the red bordeaux section), click the link and the blue icon to the sound file is immediately to the left of 'Petrus' name. Under the words 'Go Shopping'.

Hope this helps, mike

By the way, the "château" in Petrus is silent... I might be splitting hairs, but for whatever reason (typical Bordelais humbleness?) there is no château in front of the name Petrus on the label, although it obviously says "mis en bouteille au château".

So if you want to make sure that nobody corrects you on the prononciation, just refer to it as Petrus...

Yves

That's hairsplitting indeed. Cos d'Estournel for quite a long time hasn't had the mention of "Château" on the label. Other labels without naming "Château" include Marojallia (Margaux), Gressier Grand Poujeaux (Moulis), Le Pin (Pomerol), La Mondotte (St-Émilion), and, last, but in no ways least, Léoville Las Cases.

Nope. "Château Pétrus" is in no ways wrong, it's the correct name. It now even says so on the label, the proprietor being "S[ociété] C[ivile] du Château Pétrus":

M.