Chateau Pavie Macquin
From Saint-Emilion
| Vintage: | 2003 |
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| Description: | "Incredible nose of raspberry jam with vanilla and floral undertones. Full-bodied, with velvety, caressing tannins and loads of fruit on the finish. Best after 2010. 3,330 cases made. –js" (ws). "This tremendous terroir has been brought back to life over the last 15 years by Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt. Its 37-acre vineyard, planted in deep clay and limestone soils, is composed of 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Pavie-Macquin is not far from Gerard Perse's little treasure, Pavie-Decesse. The 2003 Pavie-Macquin turned out brilliantly, no doubt because its soils supported the summer's torrid heat and drought. Tipping the scales at 13.8% alcohol, it boasts an opaque purple color along with a gorgeous nose of blackberries, smoked meats, licorice, incense, and barbecue spices. Huge fruit on the attack is followed by a powerful, masculine wine with huge extract, high tannin, low acidity, and formidable power. Despite its low acidity, this is a wine to forget for 3-4 years, and drink over the following 20-25 years. When fully mature, this brilliant effort should rival the 2000 and 1998." (wa). "(14.9% alcohol; 3.57 acidity): Dark ruby-red. Sexy aromas of ripe blackberry, blueberry pie, woodsmoke, vanilla and flinty minerals. Then big, rich and suave in the mouth, with concentrated flavors of ripe dark and red cherry, blackcurrant, truffle and cocoa. The long finish features a licorice quality and smooth tannins. The cool limestone soils of Pavie Macquin really came through in the furnace-like conditions of 2003: although this is undoubtedly a very opulent, mouthfilling wine, it is also amazingly refined and suave for the year--anything but over the top." (iwc). "89-91 Delicious ripe black fruits offer an immediately attractive wine. But there is more - with flavors of dark plums and super-ripe tannins this is a wine which will also develop well. -(6/3/2004) -90" (we). "Fresh, sweet, sexy and silky, the wine is filled with ripe, fresh, velvety fruit. There is no reason to wait to pop cork. This is one of the better 2003 St. Emilion wines. 95 points - Tasted Dec 18, 2013" (jl) |
| Price: | $ 129.95 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Los Angeles Wine Company
| Address: |
4935 McConnell Ave. Suite #8 Los Angeles, CA 90066-6756 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-854-8466 |
| Telephone (regular): | 310-306-9463 |
| Fax: | 310-306-0093 |
First added to 1000 Corks on October 30, 2020.
This product was inactivated November 15, 2023.
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