Winery - Chateau Pavie
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
91-93 This feels very juicy, the fruit almost over-ripe. There is a generous new world feel to it, very opulent, super-rich. Open black plum and damson fruits push through the dark, perfumed tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 Barrel sample. A spicy, very fruity wine that is warm in the mouth, suggesting high alcohol. A bit bulky, but the fruit and spice should carry it through.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 Barrel sample. Very dense, with plenty of new wood. The fruit is ripe, but moving towards elegance, keeping its richness in control. After, the fruit bursts in the mouth.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Under the regime of Gérard Perse, Pavie seems to have become more opulent, more extracted, and, dare I say it, more simplistic. The richness of the 2000 vintage lends itself to this technique. While it is a wonderful, immediately appealing wine, with its intense dark fruits, it seem to lack the complexity of other wines of similar status.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
95-97 Barrel sample. A super-rich wine, but one that has managed to retain a superb balance. It is powerful, dense and concentrated, but there is also complexity from the wonderful juicy fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Always ripe, always velvety and dense in texture, Pavie’s 2006 nevertheless also shows more structure and elegance than in the past few vintages. The result is a great wine, with smoky, rich fruit and a dense, concentrated core of sweet tannins, chocolate and fresh raspberry flavors. While it is seductive now, it really needs many years of aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A solidly structured wine, filled with fig, bitter coffee, spice and wood over a firm structure of tannins. The freshness is quite intense, but the ripe fruit is vivid with layered acidity and new wood. This is a serious wine, for aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry tannins dominate this wine. Pavie’s style has become less exuberant, more restrained, which allows the terroir to show through in its tannins and concentration. This is for long-term aging.
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