Petrus is considered to be the most interesting of the Pomerols. Yet before 1945 it stayed confidential. In 1920 Mrs Loubat inherited that vineyard situated on the highest part of the appellation Pomerol, in the Bordeaux region. Twenty years later she is joined by Jean-Pierre Moueix, wine-merchant established on the quay of the River Dordogne. Chateau-Petrus begins to come out of its anonymity. Madame Loubat presents her bottles in England for HRH Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's wedding. Across the Atlantic, Petrus become the special wine of the Kennedys. In Pomerol there is no classification as in Medoc or Saint-Emilion. But the small surface, 11,50 hectares (9 time smaller than Lafite) of Petrus makes it rare. Situated on the higher point of Pomerol. The new barrels are washed in order not to mark the wine to much. The grapes are harvested when fully matured for the purity of taste to the detriment of productivity. Petrus, tremendous soil, is first of all the rendez-vous of men in love with wine; Michel Gilet, master of the vines, dreams of nature without chemistry; Francois Veyssiere, cellar-master is also collector of fruit-trees in danger of extinction; the winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet brings his enthusiasm of Basque to Petrus as well as to Lafleur-Petrus, La Magdeleine and Trotanoy.