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

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

    88/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    97-99/100
    The Wine Independent
    94/100
    Vinous
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    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £2,166.34

    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

    88/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    No tasting notes available
    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
    97-99/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2022 Pavie is a blend of 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon with a pH of 3.67. Yields were 31 hl/ha. Deep garnet-purple in color, it erupts from the glass with powerful notes of juicy blackberries, black currant pastilles, and wild blueberries, followed by classic hints of violets, licorice, red loam, wood smoke, and crushed rocks. The full-bodied palate delivers fantastic tension between the intense, muscular black fruit flavors and a lively backbone, framed by beautifully ripe, rounded tannins, finishing long and fragrant. Superb.
    drinking window 2030 - 2063
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    abv:
    13%

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