Moueix on the 2003 vintage

At a decidedly delicious vertical tasting of Ch Pétrus organised by the Institute of Masters of Wine in London today, Christian Moueix, arch-proponent of classicism in Bordeaux, said that the region's top growers "didn't know what to think about the 2003 vintage" because it was so extraordinary – with the hottest summer since the mid 17th century.

In his capacity as a wine merchant (J P Moueix of Libourne) as opposed to as a wine grower or maker concerned with the Moueix stable of right bank properties, including of course Pétrus, he told the Pomerol-sated crowd that he had tasted...