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1996 Pavie Macquin

Pavie Macquin

90Average Score

Bordeaux / France

Red

The 1996 Pavie Macquin is super-concentrated, yet possesses a backward, ferociously tannic style. It is an uncompromising wine with a vieilles vignes intensity, as well as an abrasively high tannin level. Some of the terroir's telltale mineral and blueberry fruit comes through in the nose and flavors, but this medium-bodied, structured, muscular wine will require 8-10 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2020. Apr 1999, www.robertparker.com

Robert Parker Score: 89/100

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£79.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Oozing with blackberry, cedar, raspberry and coffee aromas. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a caressing finish. Needs more time. It's a little chewy. Relax and let it happen. Well done for the vintage.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2007. 4,000 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2007

Wine SpectatorScore: 91/100

Robert ParkerScore: 89/100

About The Producer

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Château Pavie Macquin

Next time you drink a great glass of Saint-Émilion, you have Château Pavie Macquin to thank. In the late nineteenth century, Albert Macquin, who introduced the vine growers of Bordeaux to grafting American rootstocks, became the property's owner and his descendants continue to run the estate more than 140 years later. A professor of the University of Bordeaux declared Macquin was "the grand master of the Saint-Émilion transformation" from ungrafted to grafted vines that could survive the onslaught of the Phylloxera aphid in the future. Its current manager Nicolas Thienpont and consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt have worked tirelessly since the 1990s to elevate this property's vineyards to new heights.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Emilion

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window