chateau pavie 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Pavie

Château Pavie, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2022

Name: Château Pavie, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Pavie
Price: 2166.34 GBP

88/100

Inside Bordeaux

97/100

The Wine Independent

94/100

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2022
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Gerard Perse's wines are quite divisive. The unashamedly large-scale wines do not find favour with everyone. His flagship, Chateau Pavie gleams from its wonderful site on the limestone and clay slopes of the eponymous Cote Pavie. Produced from 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, they described 2022 as

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The grand vin from Pavie, tasted in Scotland as the wines were deemed not ready to taste by the Pavie winemaking team when I visited Bordeaux in December, is a blend of 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon. The vintage is noticeable because it is the first under the new 2022 St Emilion classification, which permitted the vines of both Pavie-Decesse and Bellevue-Mondotte to be absorbed into the Pavie vineyard, signalling the end of the road for both those properties. Now it is in bottle – with its engraved ‘label’ to celebrate 25 years of Perse family ownership of the estate – the 2022 Pavie explodes with an array of rich fruit on the nose, all blackcurrant and dark griottes, all very clearly defined, backed up by a frame of crushed gravel and dark chocolate. The palate builds on this with a firm frame of rich and ripe tannins, confidently knit together, coated in dark and perfumed summer fruits, before a lengthy finish infused with ripe tannin and powdery oak. This is a superb grand vin with huge cellaring potential. The alcohol is 14.47% on analysis, with 14.5% on the label.

drinking window 2030 - 2063

date of review 06/2025

88/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Light ruby in colour, with fresh red fruits on the nose, attractive and easy to approach, not huge density through the palate but that keeps things going at a fine pace.

drinking window 2025 - 2032

date of review 03/2025

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Pavie is the first vintage that subsumes Pavie-Decesse and Bellevue-Mondotte after permission was granted by the INAO. Bottles come with a chic enamel engraving. It delivers a decadent bouquet compared to its peers, with black cherry, blueberry, cassis and violet scents all delivered in Pavie's ravishing style. These are aromatics that want to be noticed. The palate is medium-bodied with a touch of succulent ripe red fruit infused with blood orange and graphite notes. This is very structured with a conspicuous, powerful grip and, as such, does not possess the pinpoint crystalline finishes one finds on either Angélus or Ausone, both of which I tasted during the same afternoon. It is an uncompromising Pavie that perhaps tries a bit too hard, but let's see how it ages. I will retaste this blind in a year's time.

drinking window 2030 - 2065

date of review 02/2025

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