The short answer
The most recent recorded sale of Petrus 2007 in our data was £1,926 a bottle in May 2021.
Petrus 2007 represents the final harvest overseen by long-standing winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet before passing technical direction to his son Olivier Berrouet. Produced from the estate's eleven-hectare vineyard situated on Pomerol's distinctive buttonhole of blue clay, this pure Merlot release emerged from a challenging, cooler Bordeaux growing season. In this site's dataset the vintage holds a critic average of 92.7 across 7 published reviews. The drinking window recorded for the vintage spans 2010 to 2033, and the wine is now in its mature consumption phase. Because production remains constrained to approximately thirty thousand bottles annually, authentic physical bottles with verified storage provenance continue to attract collector interest despite the modest initial vintage reputation. Merchant asks and completed trades for the 2007 sit on this site's vintage chart, shown separately and dated to the same extract as every other figure, so buyers can see what bottles actually sold for.
The profile of Petrus 2007 and Berrouet's farewell
Petrus 2007 stands out in estate history as the concluding harvest directed by legendary technical director Jean-Claude Berrouet. Having overseen vinification at the Pomerol estate since 1964, Berrouet managed this challenging vintage before transferring winemaking leadership to his son Olivier Berrouet. The property encompasses roughly 11 hectares on the highest sector of the Pomerol plateau and famously declines to use the word chateau on its label. Although 2007 is widely characterised as an uneven growing year across Bordeaux, Berrouet applied classical cellar discipline to craft a wine defined by freshness, balance, and aromatic nuance.
Total production was held to the normal estate volume of approximately 30,000 bottles.
Challenging weather across the 2007 Pomerol growing season
The 2007 vintage required rigorous vineyard intervention from spring through autumn. According to Decanter, the 2007 weather got off to a good start in April but was cool and wet for most of the summer, making it tough for all but the best-draining soils. Chateaux needed plenty of canopy cover early in the season to use up the excess water, and then had to cut enough of it away early enough to capture the sunshine and ripen the grapes.
Conditions shifted favourably at the end of August: Decanter notes that the best weather arrived on 30 August, after one last downpour the day before. Decanter's Saint-Emilion and Pomerol vintage guide adds that most Right Bank chateaux resisted picking to grab every day of sun they could get, and that the Merlot repaid waiting until at least mid-September. When Decanter retasted the vintage ten years on, the Right Bank first growths or equivalents were 'absolutely singing', particularly Petrus and Le Pin.
Critic scores and drinker evaluations
Critical reception reflects the softer, more approachable personality of the vintage. The release holds a critic average of 92.7 across 7 published reviews in our dataset. For context, the 2004 averages 92.5, the 1999 averages 91.6, the 2002 averages 93.0 and the 2006 averages 94.0.
Drinker ratings add a view of the wine in its current phase. Community tasting notes compile an average drinker score of 93.3 across 15 drinker ratings. Tasters consistently emphasise the silky mouthfeel, open aromatics, and polished structure that make the wine pleasurable without requiring decades of cellar patience. Unlike the monolithic 2000 or 2005 releases, this vintage opened its expressive aromatic core within a few years of release.
Comparative market pricing and secondary trade data
The 2007 has traded in 2 months of our recorded history, and last traded at £1,926 a bottle in May 2021. An asking price is what a merchant publishes and a trade is what a bottle actually sold for, so the two are shown separately rather than blended.
Intermediate years give further context. The 2006 holds 94.0, with asks of £3,774 a bottle. Buyers evaluating the petrus 2007 price can read it against earlier mature vintages on the vintage chart, and for collectors seeking authentic petrus wine 2007 allocations, every figure there is dated to the same extract.
Drinking window and cellar management
The drinking window recorded for the vintage spans 2010 to 2033. At nearly two decades of age, the wine is fully mature. Opening a bottle now reveals tertiary complexity, featuring notes of truffle, cigar box, leather, and black tea layered over a core of dried plum.
Cellar preservation requires standard fine wine parameters: a stable temperature of 10 to 12 degrees Celsius, 70 per cent humidity, and protection from vibration and UV light. Because Petrus is one of the most counterfeited wines in the world, buyers must verify high-resolution bottle photography, capsule embossing, label printing details, and documented storage history before executing a transaction. Proper provenance ensures that the delicate balance achieved in 2007 remains intact in the glass.
Common questions
What is the critic score for Petrus 2007?
Petrus 2007 holds a critic average of 92.7 across 7 published reviews in our dataset.
What is the retail price of Petrus 2007?
Current asks and trades for the 2007 are on its vintage page, dated to our latest extract. It last traded at £1,926 a bottle in May 2021.
What is the recommended drinking window for Petrus 2007?
The recorded drinking window spans 2010 to 2033, and at nearly two decades of age the wine is fully mature.
Why is the 2007 vintage historically significant for Petrus?
The 2007 harvest was the final vintage produced by cellar master Jean-Claude Berrouet, who made wine at the estate from 1964 before passing duties to his son Olivier Berrouet.
How many bottles of Petrus 2007 were produced?
The estate produced approximately 30,000 bottles from its 11-hectare vineyard on the Pomerol plateau.
Sources
- Decanter: Bordeaux 2007, ten years on, checked 2026-09-29
- Decanter: Saint-Emilion and Pomerol vintage guide, checked 2026-09-29
By WineExperts. First published , last updated . Figures from our tracked merchant prices and recorded sales; text prepared with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed above.