2017 Chateau Pavie Saint-Emilion

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Wine Advocate and Dunnuck’s top red Bordeaux of 2017

Saint-Emilion 750 ml

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99 pts

Wine Advocate

99 pts

Jeb Dunnuck

2017 | Saint-Emilion | France

Merlot

60%

Cabernet Franc

22%

Cabernet Sauvignon

18%

14.6

Decant for 1.5 hours

60°

Now - 2050

Pavie’s Unimpeachable Sophistication

In Saint-Émilion, very few estates can rival Château Pavie’s location. Even fewer can match the majesty of their grand vin—and in 2017, Pavie stood alone at the top.

That year, they crafted a supremely powerful wine with an energy that propels you through its endless layers. It’s telling that Wine Advocate and Jeb Dunnuck both gave it 99 points, making it each critic’s top-scoring Bordeaux red of the vintage. Dunnuck praised its “wonderful sense of elegance, flawless balance,” and “awesome purity,” saying it belongs in the same league as bottlings from legendary vintages like 2016, 2015, 2010, 2005, and 2000.

Pavie is a wine of superlatives: Grown on the steepest slopes of any estate in Bordeaux, it is generally recognized to be the most powerful and opulent bottling made in Saint-Émilion.

Wine Advocate wrote: “Pavie has one of the most enviable locations in all of Bordeaux and boy-oh-boy does it show in this spectacular wine.” Perched atop Saint-Émilion’s limestone plateau, the estate’s Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines enjoy abundant sunlight, while the well-draining soils force the roots to dig deep in search of moisture, ultimately yielding densely concentrated berries.

Proprietor Gérard Perse purchased the Pavie estate in 1998, and though it was already producing stellar wine, he built all new temperature-controlled fermentation vats and cellars. He then hired legendary consulting winemaker Michel Rolland to run the show. Rolland rigorously reshaped the vines, cutting yields from 55 hectoliters per hectare to less than 30. Severe pruning and green harvesting further pushed the envelope on maturity.

Pavie has only continued to astonish since then. The 2017 is proof that their wines stand with the best in Bordeaux, bar none.

Opaque ruby-purple in color. Aromas of blackberry, black plum, warm cherry-pie filling, and blueberry preserves show complex undertones of mint, anise, baking chocolate, violets, and a hint of smoke. The palate is deftly balanced, with a poised grip to the tannins and fresh, energetic acidity. Elegant and precise, the plum and blackberry flavors evolve into deep mocha, toast, and five-spice notes on the lingering finish. Balanced to improve beautifully in the coming decades. Drink now–2050.

99 pts

Wine Advocate

There was no frost in the vineyard in 2017, due to its situation high upon the limestone plateau. Composed of 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, which was harvested from September 25 to October 3, the 2017 Pavie is very deep garnet-purple in color and rolls slowly and sensuously out of the glass with growing scents of Black Forest cake, black plum preserves, blueberry compote and fruitcake plus suggestions of melted chocolate, licorice, crushed rocks and Indian spices with a waft of violets. Full-bodied, the palate packs a powerful punch, laden with electric layers of energetic black and blue fruits. All this decadent fruit is supported by fantastic freshness and very, very ripe, velvety tannins, finishing with epic length. Location, location, location was everything in 2017. Pavie has one of the most enviable locations in all of Bordeaux and boy-oh-boy does it show in this spectacular wine.

99 pts

Jeb Dunnuck

The wine of the vintage, the 2017 Chateau Pavie is an incredible achievement and is certainly in the same league as past great vintages such as 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2016. This hillside terroir escaped from the frost unscathed, and the 2017 is 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in mostly new oak. Its deep purple hue is followed by a rock star bouquet of pure creme de cassis, espresso roast, crushed violets, graphite, and a distinct sense of minerality. Deep, full-bodied, and concentrated, it has a wonderful sense of elegance, flawless balance, and again, awesome purity. This sensational effort has some upfront charm yet, given the tannins, a solid 7-8 years of bottle age are warranted and it should cruise for 25-30 years in cool cellars.

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2017 Chateau Pavie Saint-Emilion

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Chateau Pavie

Saint-Emilion 750 ml

$445.00

per bottle

Fruit Intensity

Oak Intensity

Body

Acidity

Tannin

Merlot

60%

Cabernet Franc

22%

Cabernet Sauvignon

18%

14.6

Decant for 1.5 hours

60°

Now - 2050

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Chateau Pavie

Saint-Emilion 750 ml

$445.00

per bottle

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Oak Intensity

Body

Acidity

Tannin

Merlot

60%

Cabernet Franc

22%

Cabernet Sauvignon

18%

14.6

Decant for 1.5 hours

60°

Now - 2050

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