Pavie Alienor Collection Case (11.25L)
From Right Bank
| Vintage: | 2018 |
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| Description: | 100 Jd / 100 Fs / 99 Wci / 99 Wa / 99 JS / 98 Ws / 97 Vm / 96 De / 19 Jr. #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021. 2018 is the third edition of this collection which will be released annually 5 years after each vintage. Limited to 100 numbered cases, the collection includes 4 formats of 2018 Pavie:. 1 bottle (750ml) + 1 magnum (1.5l) + 1 double magnum (3l) + 1 imperial (6l). "The Alienor Collection", name of this special offering, has been chosen to put forward the unique shape of the Pavie bottles. Since the vintage 2000, Château Pavie has been offered in a special bottle, named Aliénor ". With its characteristic " Saint Émilion " shoulder, trunk like base and very deep punt with a small "push out inside the punt" designed to help the sommelier serve from it, the range boasts all the distinctive marks of vintage bottles and is optimum for a perfect ageing. In 2012, to celebrate the move to becoming Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé ‘A ', the magnum becomes available with this Aliénor " shape. Since the vintage 2016, Château Pavie is now able to offer this special bottle shape up to the imperial size, equivalent to 6l. Today these are the four formats, bottle (75cl), magnum (1,5l), double magnum (3l) and imperial (6l) proposed in this very special limited editio n wooden case. The name, is also referring to the famous medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (queen of France and then England), who married king Louis Vii in the Bordeaux Cathedral Saint André and mother of Richard Coeur de Lion." - Chateau Pavie. 100 Jd / 100 Fs / 99 Wci / 99 Wa / 99 JS / 98 Ws / 97 Vm / 96 De / 19 Jr. #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021. One of the wines of the vintage is the 2018 Château Pavie, and Gérard Perse continues to produce one of the greatest wines in the world, in just about every vintage. Based on 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 shows the slightly more restrained style of the estate today yet still brings classic Pavie richness, depth, and grandeur. Revealing a deep purple color as well as a sensational bouquet of crème de cassis, damp earth, tobacco, chalk, and lead pencil shavings, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, incredible purity, a dense, concentrated mid-palate, and a liqueur of rocks-like sense of minerality on the blockbuster finish. There's a backward, inward style here that actually reminds me of the 2000. This is another magical, probably immortal wine from this terroir that marries power with elegance perfectly. Don't miss it!-Jeb Dunnuck Dark ruby, purple reflections, subtle ochre brightening on the rim. Notes of oak, nougat, herbal spice and black berry fruit. Full-bodied, energetic, complex, well-integrated, supporting tannins, mineral, pronounced fruit core, salty and grippy, great length and enormous ageing potential. Suggestive red wine that should age in peace for a few more years.-Peter Moser, Falstaff |
| Price: | $ 9450.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on October 6, 2023.
