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The 2024 Pavie is on a par with the most successful wines of the vintage. It’s wonderfully intense and complex with notes of crushed violets and ripe raspberries that burst out of the glass. The palate is very polished, full of crunchy red fruit that balances the vein of acidity that runs along through to the finish. The tannins are firm, but not in any way excessive, and dissipate effortlessly on the finish. The estate credits the use of an optical sorting machine for the quality of the finish product in barrel. 13.71%, 3.68pH. Aged in 65% new oak. Blend: 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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There is no better way to discover the power of the Pavie terroir than to see how it has peformed in 2024 - a naturally cooler and slimmer vintage, and yet you still have a wine here that has depth, energy, intensity and concentration, squid ink, fennel, oyster shell salinity. The fruit is sappy, for sure a brighter and slimmer version of Pavie compared to many vintages but this is still unmistakeable estate signature. 42ha in production, now including Pavie Decesse and Bellevue Mondotte (as of 2022). 24hl/h yield, September 27 to October 9, 3.69 pH. 65% new oak, with lower toast.
The 2024 Pavie was cropped at 24 hl/ha from September 27 to October 9, and 65% was matured in new barrels. This has an attractive bouquet of black cherries, bilberry, cassis and light violet scents—not as complex as some vintages of Pavie but, unlike the Monbousquet or Clos des Lunelles, its oak is proportionate to its fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins to frame its layered black fruit as graphite inflections emanate from the Cabernet components. The 2024 is fresh with pleasing linearity, even if it just lacks a bit of amplitude on the finish. Give this Saint-Émilion three or four years in bottle.
The darkest colored wine of the vintage opens with a bouquet of flowers, licorice, chocolate, black cherries, plums, espresso, and crushed stones. The palate is even better, showcasing depth, opulence, freshness, length, and energy, culminating in layers of dark, black pit fruits and an intense minerality that adds a salty edge, enticing you to take another sip. The wine blends 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.71% ABV. Harvesting took place September 27 - October 9.
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.