Château Pavie Macquin, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2012

The 2012 Pavie Macquin is less exuberant than the perky Larcis Ducasse, but it is still impressively endowed with fruit extract and offers a plethora of nuanced fruit aromas. A beautiful bouquet of liquorice, sweet damp earth, purple fruit, griotte, floral perfume, herbs and potpourri. The palate is full of pure silky fruit and savoury notes; lovely grippy tannins and fresh acidity. This is a very good effort and quite large scale for the vintage.