Château Pavie Macquin
Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
I know it’s young so I gave it an hour to open up and it certainly delivered. It was an expensive bottle but a pleasure of a bit immature.
I know it’s young so I gave it an hour to open up and it certainly delivered. It was an expensive bottle but a pleasure of a bit immature.
1 person found it helpfulSep 26th, 2021
Decanted for a couple hours. High expectations.
NOSE: branches and brambly fruit … raspberry … a little leather and shoe polish … cassis … blueberry … old book (but not must, mid-century) … minerals and earth … something very fresh … leaves …
TASTE: elegant and subtle. Smooth. Dark fruits and leaves and smooth tannins. Black raspberry. Distinct minerals - clay, stones. Something very fresh, like fresh cut herbs or spices - but not green ones. Turkish coffee? There’s some very complex range of spices I can’t quite get to … cardamom is in there. Burnt orange. A dash of rose petal. A real treat. Started subtle, then once I had a bit to eat, began to explode. 95
EDIT: I believe this is the highest rating I have handed out for a red wine. It’s good.
Decanted for a couple hours. High expectations.
NOSE: branches and brambly fruit … raspberry … a little leather and shoe polish … cassis … blueberry … old book (but not must, mid-century) … minerals and earth … something very fresh … leaves …
TASTE: elegant and subtle. Smooth. Dark fruits and leaves and smooth tannins. Black raspberry. Distinct minerals - clay, stones. Something very fresh, like fresh cut herbs or spices - but not green ones. Turkish coffee? There’s some very complex range of spices I can’t quite get to … cardamom is in there. Burnt orange. A dash of rose petal. A real treat. Started subtle, then once I had a bit to eat, began to explode. 95
EDIT: I believe this is the highest rating I have handed out for a red wine. It’s good.
Was uninspiring yesterday but today it is much better. Waaayyyy too young, but I had to open a bottle from the arrival to see how it was. Will evolve nicely as the tannins mellow over the years. This is an excellent wine in the making.
Was uninspiring yesterday but today it is much better. Waaayyyy too young, but I had to open a bottle from the arrival to see how it was. Will evolve nicely as the tannins mellow over the years. This is an excellent wine in the making.
Dec 4th, 2021
