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Tasting Notes
Coming directly from Pavie's cellars, this is an exceptional opportunity to add a flawless wine with unparalleled longevity to your collection. Robert Parker puts an impressive drinking window until 2100 on the 2010 Pavie. Whilst it may be unfathomable to wait that long with something so enticing in the cellar, it certainly makes this look a very compelling buy. With a considerable part of the ageing already taken care of for you in Pavie’s cellars, you will not have that much longer to wait before it you can start enjoying the promised rewards. Parker writes that Pavie represents “the finest wine money can provide. If wine is to be judged by what is in the bottle, Pavie has become a fabulous first-growth-quality estate, offering extraordinary elegance married to awesome levels of richness.” This is perfectly demonstrated in the flawless 2010 and we can think of no reason not to cave and make a case of this "truly profound Bordeaux" your own.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Ivor Davies
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Pure perfection, the 2010 Château Pavie has that rare mix of richness and elegance that's so hard to find yet seems to emerge from this address with ease. Incredible darker berry fruits, white truffle, crushed stone, sappy flowers, and smoky, tobacco-like nuances all define the aromatics, and it's full-bodied, with a focused, yet rich, intense mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a blockbuster of a finish. It’s another 2010 that’s just now at the early stages of its prime drinking window and should cruise in cold cellars over the coming three decades.
Opaque garnet-black in color, the 2010 wows as it erupts from the glass with explosive notes of plum preserves, baked cherries, and creme de cassis leading to hints of sandalwood, tree bark, menthol, and Chinese five spice. The full-bodied palate is laden with black fruit preserves and exotic spices supported by ripe, rounded tannins and amazing tension, with lingering anise and mineral notes on the incredibly long finish. It is delicious now, but will be better with 5-7 more years in bottle.
This is developing in all the right ways. Full-bodied, rich, opulent, and voluptuous, as well as fresh, mineralistic, long, complex, and palate-staining, the wine offers incredible levels of intensity along with depth, weight, and energy. On the dark side of the red berry spectrum, the tannins are refined and the finish has a lot of stick-to-it resilience, as it stays with you for at least 50 seconds. Still, relatively primary, another decade of age will add a lot to the experience.
About the producer
The slopes of Château Pavie were planted as far back as the fourth century by the Ancient Romans and it has been a well-known producer in Saint-Émilion since the middle of the 19th century.