2014 Les Aromes de Pavie
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The 2014 Les Arômes de Pavie has an airy, well-defined bouquet with brambly blackberry and blueberry fruit, the oak is nicely integrated. The palate is rounded and fleshy on the entry, quite bold and with a lot of extraction, but there is a nagging greenness on the finish that jars and detracts from the wine as a whole. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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Tasted blind. Creamy, well-integrated nose with a streak of inkiness. Slightly dry, pinched tannins at the moment but it should come right. Juicy and voluptuous. (JR)
The 2014 Arômes de Pavie, the second label of Pavie, offers uncomplicated brambly red berry fruit on the nose infused by a faint touch of balsamic. The palate is medium-bodied, but the tannins feel brutish on the entry and these tend to dry out the finish that is dominated by wood tannin. I would have liked more fruit to come through and maintain balance, but it attenuates surprisingly quickly.
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.