2018 - Chateau Pavie - Esprit de Pavie
- 2018
- 75cl
- Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
- Robert Parker (RP) points 100
- Vinous points
Château Pavie - Saint-Émilion
Price
€746.40 ex. VAT
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Tasting notes
Just beginning to come around and strut its enormous potential, this wine at age 15 has been evolving like a glacier. The wine has an inky, opaque, plum/purple colour and a stunningly rich nose of mulberries, bramble berries, blackberries, liquorice, and incense as well as touches of toast and graphite. Fabulously concentrated and full-bodied, with a multidimensional mouthfeel, this profound Pavie is in mid-adolescence. It should evolve and continue to drink well for at least another 30-40 years. This is clearly the first compelling effort made by the Perse family.
More information
Provenance
- Type
- Red
- Producer
- Chateau Pavie
- Country
- France
- Appellation
- Saint-Emilion
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Style
- Grand Cru
Technical
- Vintage
- 2000
- Grapes
- Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Size
- 75cl
- Ageing
- Serving
- 16° - 18° C
- Drinking window
- 2015 - 2055
Food pairings
Key characteristics
About this wine
The 2016 Pavie a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. Very deep purple black in colour, it needs a little coaxing to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal a fragrant perfume of violets, chocolate-covered cherries, crushed blueberries, and eucalyptus over a core of preserved plums, kirsch, black raspberries and crème de cassis plus hints of liquorice and chargrilled meat. Full-bodied and built like a brick house, it has a solid foundation of firm, super ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness interknit with the black fruit preserves and minerally layers, finishing very long and very decadent. Superb!
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Behind the bottle
Producer
Chateau Pavie
Château Pavie is a Saint-Émilion estate located on the Right Bank of Bordeaux, France. The property sits on the limestone plateau and slopes of the Saint-Émilion appellation, producing red wines from traditional Bordeaux grape…
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Region
Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90 percent of production volume) are the dry…
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Appellation
Saint-Emilion
Saint-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's most historic wine appellations, located on the Right Bank of the Dordogne River approximately 40 kilometers east of Bordeaux city. The appellation encompasses the medieval town of…
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