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

"Fred" > wrote in message
news:OTlZe.81832$DW1.6185@fed1read06...
> How do you pronounce Chateau Petrus? I see many auction catalogs and web
> pages that put an accent aigu over the first e. The label doesn't have
> one.
> I have always pronounced it pe-TRUSS. I have heard PAY-truss. A friend of
> mine says, and I just heard on TV, pay-TROOS or pe-TROOS. I also tried in
> vain to find a copy of the label on the net. Does anyone know where it is?
> I know i have a bottle of it in my cellar, but I can't find it. It is
> probably on the bottom in the back where my currently awful back can't get
> to it.
>
> Fred.