chateau pavie 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Pavie

Château Pavie, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 1989

Name: Château Pavie, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Pavie
Price: 3600 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

88/100

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1989
12x75cl
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£3,600.00

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

This was a different era for Pavie, making it fascinating to taste now (particularly as it is now returning to some of these more traditional choices, including the blend seen here with high Cabernet content). Set on one of the steepest slopes in St Emilion, with plenty of clay among the limestone, making for a naturally powerful site that delivers long ageing wines, this majors on earthy, autumnal fruits, tertiary tobacco notes, floral rosebud aromatics, liquorice bud, spiced fennel and white pepper. A little lighter in colour than the two 1990s, not quite as brilliant in its reflections, deep cherry core with brick around the edges. The bouquet takes its time to come out, but it gathers force in the glass, showing crème de mure blackberry liqueur, gentle, and elegant, with the savoury edge of limestone. Need time in a carafe, because its charms are underrated at first. Gerard Perse arrived in 1998, so this was made under Jean-Paul Valette, who family had been owners since the 1940s, with Thierry Valette as Estate Manager. 55hl/h yield. Pascal-Ribereau Gayon consultant.

drinking window 2021 - 2032

date of review 11/2021

88/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 1989 Pavie came from a bottle in my own collection. This predates Gérard Perse's acquisition by almost a decade. It does not quite match the 1990 Pavie, but it continues to drink well. The bouquet has lost some of its vigor in recent years, vestiges of pressed rose petals mingling with mushroom scents and a touch of tobacco. It betrays a wine that perhaps did not attain physiological ripeness. The palate is balanced, relatively simple but still fresh, and the old-school, almost Graves-like finish is abrupt. Large formats might be interesting, but bottles should be drunk soon. Tasted at home over dinner.

drinking window 2019 - 2025

date of review 09/2019

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