Château Pavie Macquin, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2022

Name: Château Pavie Macquin, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Pavie Macquin
Price: 404 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2003 2009 2012 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

critic reviews

94/100Chris Kissack,The Wine Independent

I find lots of smoky intent on the nose of the 2022 Pavie-Macquin, which comes layered with dried cherry, wild rose petals, violets, crushed chalk, toast and tobacco. It reminds me of a young and pensive 2016. There is a very fine texture laden with ripe fruit and substance on the palate, holding up with a very structured and savoury character through the midpalate, with a rich wrapping of ripe tannins, before a finish of dark fruit, powdery grip and fresh acidity. A wine of significant tannic construct here, with masses of potential, as evinced by its long finish which is filled with lightly drying tannin. A rather bold and full-on interpretation of this terroir, this will need plenty of time to shake down. Tasted twice.

DRINKING WINDOW 2032 - 3062

date of review 06/2025

98/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

A safe pair of hands in such an extreme vintage, and this is certainly a port in a storm. Lovely textured, rippling with dark black cherries, cherry pit for a savoury touch, sage and rosemary and white pepper spice. Totally gorgeous, one of the wines of the vintage. Corre-Macquin family, 31hl/h yield. 12.8ha, 35 years average age of vines,clay limestone soils on plateau.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2046

date of review 03/2025

94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2022 Pavie Macquin has a fresh, vibrant, well-defined and focused bouquet with perfumed red berry fruit laced with violet and light iodine scents. There is a <em>mineralité</em> here that will come through with time. The palate is medium-bodied and fine with a fresh entry, fluid tannins, a keen line of acidity and a sorbet-fresh finish that urges you back for another sip. This is excellent.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2055

date of review 02/2025

94-96/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

This site can deliver such powerful, tannic wines that I was left especially impressed by the supple, harmonious style of the 2022 Pavie Macquin. Unwinding in the glass with notions of sweet wild berries, rose petals, spices, violets, bay leaf and new oak, it's full-bodied, deep and vibrant, with a layered core of fruit, bright acids and a long, penetrating finish, where powdery structuring tannins make themselves felt but without any asperity. Of course, this remains a deep and powerful wine, but Nicolas Thienpont and his team continue their shift toward more judicious extraction, with excellent results.

date of review 04/2023