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PAVIE
Saint Emilion GC - 2006
1er Cru Classé "B"
Price:
247.00 €
TTC per bottle
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96/100 Drink: 2015 - 2035 A dense purple color as well as an extraordinary perfume of crushed black currants, licorice, wet stones, and subtle background oak are found in this tannic, dense, masculine-styled 2006. Backward and extraordinarily pure, it is built like a Manhattan skyscraper with exceptional focus, depth, texture, and length. It’s all here, but 5-10 years of patience will be warranted. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2035. 17+++ Drink 2020-35? Blackish crimson. 13.8%. Lacks a bit of freshness on the nose – rather cooked, like molasses syrup. I’m sorry but I’m afraid I just don’t like this cooked character. Then the greenness of the tannins hits. Promise it’s not an idée fixe! If only that wine tasted blind that turned out to Angélus had been Pavie… But very green finish. I find a hole 2/3 the way along the palate at the moment. Opulent nose but then it just cuts off. Very tough at the moment – dry, mineral, almost volcanic notes. Like sucking lava…. So dry on the finish. Certainly one of the vintage’s most distinctive wines, and much less exaggerated than some of its predecessors. I’m sure it has a long life ahead. Unfortunately it was impossible to taste this wine blind as it was not submitted with other Premiers Grands Crus Classés. 88-90/100 A huge nose, much too overripe for me and lacking any sense of definition or finesse (see Troplong how it is done!) Full-bodied, super-ripe, a little predictable, hardly any sense of poise and delineation. Monotonous finish. Tasted February 2008. |
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During the 4th century, the hillsides of Ausone and Pavie were planted with the first vines to arrive in the region. Château Pavie is set on one of the most famous plots of land in St Emilion. 1
998 was the year of major changes: Château Pavie was bought by Gérard and Chantal PERSE in March. In August of that year, the first building restoration and reorganisation works began. The vat-house dating back to 1923 was replaced by 20 temperature-controlled wooden vats enabling parcel-by-parcel vinification. The new, completely revolutionary barrel cellar was inaugurated for the 1999 harvests.
