Pavie (750ML)
From Saint-Emilion
| Vintage: | 2012 |
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| Description: | 98+ Jd / 96 Wi / 96 JS / 96 Wci / 95 Wa / 95 Ws / 95 Vm / 94-96 We / 94 Ja / 17.5+ Jr. No. 9 James Suckling's Top 100 List of 2012 Red Bordeaux. To celebrate the property's promotion to Premier Grand Cru Classé "a" status, the 2012 vintage comes with a special black label. Bottled under a black label to celebrate Pavie's addition to the Grand Cru Classé "A" classification, the 2012 Chateau Pavie is a brilliant wine, and readers with bottles in their cellars are in for a treat. From a bottle purchased in the Us, this deep purple-hued beauty takes plenty of air (it showed best the day after opening) to show at its best yet offers incredible notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, graphite, leafy herbs, violets, and background oak. Rich, full-bodied, and powerful, it nevertheless has incredible elegance and purity, with loads of silky tannins, terrific freshness, and a blockbuster finish. I continue to believe 2012 was a great, great vintage for the Right Bank, and this just adds fuel to the fire. This beauty is approachable today yet will mostly likely merit a triple-digit rating in 5-7 years and will keep for 30-40 years, given its impeccable balance and depth of fruit.-Jeb Dunnuck. The 2012 Pavie is medium to deep garnet colored. It charges out with flamboyant prunes, Chinese five spice, and sandalwood notes, followed by hints of cast-iron pan, dusty earth, and fallen leaves. Medium to full-bodied, rich, and decadently spicy, the palate delivers velvety tannins and a lively line, finishing with great length. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent. This shows incredible depth and density for the vintage with dark berry, dark chocolate, spice and chalk character. Full body, firm and velvety tannins and a long and powerful finish. Needs five or six years to soften. Try in 2020.- James Suckling Silky tannins, pure fruits, rocks and stone with licorice and fresh cherries are all over the place. There is richness here, but it is a bit subdued from other, riper, more powerful vintages, which might end up being a very good thing.-Jeff Leve, Wine Cellar Insider |
| Price: | $ 359.99 |
| 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 November 8, 2016.
