2013 Pavie Macquin
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Tasting notes
Opaque purple in color with notes of barbecue smoke, chalk dust, sweet medium to full-bodied blackcurrant mouthfeel with impressive, texture, purity, equilibrium and light to moderate tannins in the finish, this is certainly one of the most successful wines of the vintage. Because of the year, in this vintage, the wine is much more evolved and forward than it normally is. This beauty can be drunk in two or so years and should last 12-15. ||On the Cote Pavie, this 47-acre vineyard has produced a wine made from 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Only about 4,000+ cases are going to be made because of the low yields of 25 hectoliters per hectare and the severe selection. The wine showed extremely well in my tastings in June in Bordeaux. Wine Advocate.August, 2014
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Robert Parker
Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
The 2013 Pavie-Macquin has a light but detailed and pure redcurrant and cranberry-scented bouquet, suggestions of rose petal developing with aeration. The sample tasted at the property was showing a little more precision than others I have encountered. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, edgy tannin, a fine bead of acidity, a little brittle in texture but with tension on the smooth and refreshing finish. This is a worthy addition to the Right Bank 2013s and it should give a dozen years of pleasure. It deserves a round of applause for overcoming such a difficult growing season. Tasted February 2016. Oct 2016, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
On the hill of Pavie, this property’s 15 hectares of vines neighbour those of Troplong Mondot and Pavie. Under Stéphane Derenoncourt and Nicolas Thienpont, the property was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé B status in 2006.