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    119
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    2
  • Decanting time

    4h
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    from 2025
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98-100 JEB DUNNUCK: "Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2018 Château Pavie is comprised of 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon that comes from this magical hillside terroir just outside of Saint-Émilion. Thrilling notes of crème de cassis, crushed rocks, graphite, smoked herbs, and an almost Hermitage-like minerality all emerge from this young, primordial, viscerally thrilling wine that´s got perfection written all ov...

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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 2018

Report and recommendations for the 2018 Bordeaux vintage

by Andrew Caillard MW

2018 is an exceptional year. Bordeaux whites and Sauternes are very good, but from an Australian perspective, the excitement is all in the red wines. All sub-regions produced examples of very good wines, but some performed better than others. Generally, the largest estates have made exemplary wines illustrating that the human factor and wealth can have a major...

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Possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2018 Château Pavie is comprised of 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon that comes from this magical hillside terroir just outside of Saint-Émilion. Thrilling notes of crème de cassis, crushed rocks, graphite, smoked herbs, and an almost Hermitage-like minerality all emerge from this young, primordial, viscerally thrilling wine that's got perfection written all over it. Massively textured, full-bodied, ultra-fine and flawlessly balanced, it shows how to pair elegance with richness and power. Bravo! It’s going to need 7-8 years of bottle age and keep for 3-4 decades. Barrel Sample: 98-100

  • 100p

Swathes of black fruits underline the generous structure and intensity. At first taste, the tannins are soft but that turns out to be an illusion. The tannins are just richly cushioned within the beautiful fruit.

  • 98p

Ruby. Blueberries, anise, spices, cassis, blackberries, vanilla nose, somewhat scented behind it all. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, anise, blueberries, spices, liquorice, dark fruity, layered and long. This is a fresher better balanced Pavie than in quite some time, still quite hard on the wood. If this wine handles the quite raw wood it might reach higher than this score. 95-97

  • 97p

Deep colour. Fresh mulberry plum, toasty roasted chestnut aromas with star anise notes. Dense supple fruit with intense dark plum, paneforte mocha flavours, fine plentiful dense vigour chalky textures. Roasted nut lead pencil notes. Finishes gravelly firm, long and chocolaty. Powerfully expressive wine with extraordinary energy and density.

  • 98p

Dark purple colour with violet hue and almost black core. Opulent yet elegant nose with multi-layered fruit, well balanced spiciness, hints of vanilla and cloves, flowery touch in the background. On the palate rich and full-bodied with great freshness and elegance, excellent complexity, depth and length. A great Pavie. 

  • 98p
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St. Emilion, Bordeaux

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96-99 WINESPECTATOR: "Gorgeous from start to finish, offering lush layers of raspberry, cassis and plum sauce flavors entwined with licorice, apple wood and rooibos tea notes. There´s a serious grip through the finish but this is focused and pure in feel. The encore of fruit detail at the very end is impressive.—J.M."
 

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