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Pavie 2015

Château Pavie, Bordeaux, France

Château Pavie
Bordeaux France
  • 99
    Points
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  • Country ranking ?

    312

  • Producer ranking ?

    8

  • Decanting time

    4h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

  • Food Pairing

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The Story

Saint Emilion Grand Cru er 1 grand Cru Classé /Château Pavie has diverse terroirs:
- Terroir typical of the Saint Emilion limestone plateau composed of claylimestone soil on an asteriated limestone subsoil. Located at an altitude of approximately 85 metres above the Dordogne River
- Terroir called “milieu de côte” (middle of the slope) located approximately 55 metres above the Dordogne and composed of very fine brown limestone. Many plots ha...

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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Pure perfection in a glass and unquestionably one of the great vintages for this cuvée, the 2015 Pavie is a blend of 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon that was brought up in 80% new French oak. Sharing some similarities with the 2009, this tour de force sports a saturated purple color as well as a sweet bouquet of crème de cassis, crushed rocks, white truffle, and licorice. Its oak is perfectly integrated and balanced by this wine’s massive fruit and structure. Full-bodied, deep, and superbly concentrated, with building tannins, it’s a massive wine by any measure, but what sets it apart is that it still glides across the palate and retains an incredible sense of purity, balance, and elegance. It’s drinking well today due to the vintage’s opulence, yet won’t hit prime time for another 5-10 years and I suspect will keep for upward of 50 years.

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  • 100p
Pavie (St.Emilion) - sheer power, excellent fruit on the nose and palate, succulent and vibrant fruit, excellent complexity and backbone. Rich and lush. Long fat finish. Who said overextracted wine - zero of this here! This is just stunning wine and highly impressive! 97-98p.
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  • 97p
Deep and subtle dark berries and plum, rich and intense. Hint of oak, roasted coffee and cigar. Quite high alcohol in nose but palate is round and silky. Medium full body, high acidity, long fresh pure velvet finish. 97+
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  • 97p
Deep colour. Intense dark plum, dark chocolate aromas with savoury notes. Densely packed wine with elderberry dark cherry plum flavours, plush ripe tannins and plentiful cedar oak. Powerful, elemental and solid. Impressive in a monumental way. 93 points 
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  • 93p
Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black core. Opulent but still elegant nose, fine fruit, dark berries, hints of mulberries, blackberries and elderberries, discreet spiciness in the background. On the palate well structured with mature but firm tannins, juicy sweet fruit and mild spices in the long lingering aftertaste.
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  • 96p
Pavie Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe A - 60% Merlot 22% Cabernet Franc 18% Cabernet Sauvignon- 80% New Oak Very deep, nose is controlled, very concentrated but shy, more on the savoury side, earth and spice, the fruit is a little overpowered for me, it is there but will require considerable time to open out, the mid-palate is under wraps I was hoping for a little more rich fruit, it maybe just very tight at the moment. 93-95/100 2030- 2050
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  • 94p
Deep ruby. Dark fruits, some spices, rich and intense, blackberries, blueberries, floral notes, thyme and lavender. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, rich, fruity, juicy, ripe, dense and intense, long finish. 94-96
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St. Emilion, Bordeaux
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