4/19/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 points

*From a cold cellar. Very reticent and muscular, almost to a point of port. With time the fruit depth and linger improved and the cedar started peeking out, but you can stick a fork in this...You'll need a sharp fork. Having had this twice now in a close enough interval to remember both, I can honestly say that if I was blind and was served this and the 2003 blind, I would totally flip them in my mind. This is just a mess for a 2005 and the 2003 (which you would think should be the mess) is quite elegant and mild mannered in contrast. I am very happy that I had company to share this bottle. There would be NO WAY that I could finish more than one glass of this and to think that I have to drink the bottle as I look at the price tag, well, that would be painful. This is just over roasted and too boiled down for my old tongue. Maybe that's why all the old guys have mistresses in Burgundy. Drink or hold a 100 years and admire the label as cellar art.

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4/17/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 93 points

I gave this wine a 95 3 months ago. Not sure of the decant time with this one. Drinks like a '14 Napa. Big fruit, both red and black. It's nice but probably needs a lot more time to settle in as most '05s from Bdx, do.

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4/17/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 points

Dark garnet in the glass. Nose predominantly of graphite.

Palate dense, darker red/black fruit. Wish I had more descriptors but I don't. I note that it got a tinge bitter at the end of the night.

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3/16/2024 - grandvin100 wrote: NR

Bottle from a perfect cellar, needs time (20') to collect, then: forest floor, moss, cherries, leather... But it is very sensitive, too much oxygen and it tips over... Clearly past its peak...

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4/10/2024 - Tauro Likes this wine: 85 points

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2/17/2024 - Happytoro Likes this wine: 95 points

Going off memory. I bottle decanted for about 8 hours, then used decanter at restaurant for 2 hours. This was very approachable at that point. It had a dark, brooding, dense color. The nose was primary with red or dark fruits. The palette was concentrated with low acidity. Had this with teppenyaki next to Quintessa 2017 and preferred the Pavie.

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12/25/2023 - curtr Likes this wine: 94 points

Wow!, great with Prime Rib Roast. Drink now to 2030.

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4/6/2024 - Caruso Likes this wine: 97 points

German pink to the edge with no sign of aging. Pnp. Quite ready from the start, needs just a little bit time in the glas or opened bottle to reveal a more powerful nose and palate. A mix of black, red and blue fruits with forest floor, pencil shavings, cedar. On the palate first light, but gaining power within 30 minutes with round but present tannins. Intense, complex and a joy to drink. I don't know, what is here to criticize. Today it is a civilized nuanced elegant, yet powerful bordeaux with at least a decade ahead if perfectly stored since release. 5/13/19/10.

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4/2/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 points

Purchased awhile ago and saved for my daughter’s 21st. She has a bum birth year but I did some research and this was one of the better performing 03’s, supposedly.
In reality, I was disappointed although enjoyed the lovely experience of drinking it with her. The nose was sweet fruit and similar on the palate, but the alcohol was just too much for me and ruined all the other good things about this wine.
Fortunately, she enjoyed it and appreciated the effort.
Much preferred the ‘03 La mission and the ‘03 Abreu Thorvelios. So there are some decent ‘03s to be found. But for the price, I would not purchase another ‘03 Pavie!!

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4/2/2024 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 95 points

Very plush with loads of ripe plum, oak/vanilla, cassis, espresso and milk chocolate. Good acid and structure that needs time to settle.

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4/1/2024 - DFBW Likes this wine: 89 points

Haven't had one of these for while. Not unpleasant but on a downward curve for me - the fruit is starting to taste a little cooked and the wine is losing it's balance. Bit of a stewed fruit bomb incoming so won't hang around with the last bottle....

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3/29/2024 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 96 points

Full bodied and modern. Ripe dark plum, milk chocolate, sage and mineral. Structured but approachable and possibly the best/leat wood influenced Pavie I’ve had. Still the wood is there but nothing is too much. Likely best in 5 years or so to fill out the center palate.

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3/25/2024 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 97 points

Pronounced nose intensity with notes of pencil lead, vanilla, mint, blackfruits, cassis. Well balanced palate of acidity and tannin. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. The mouthfeel is smooth and integrated. Round tannin. Drinking well now. Decanted for 2 hours. In its peak windowing now.

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3/26/2024 - Delund Likes this wine: 89 points

1 hour decant this time, 58 F. Deep ruby color. Lovely nose of smokey tobacco, mocha and cedar on the nose, subdued cherry fruit. Drying light but grippy tannins, alcohol and lively acidity well-integrated, oak not so much. Big cherry fruit on the palate, distracting dry wood notes, savory green pepper, hint of licorice. Long drying finish. Very quaffable, great QPR @ $20.

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3/25/2024 - Mathijs81 Does not like this wine: 88 points

Extremely disappointed !

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3/20/2024 - Gregmonroe wrote: NR

WWC - CH (Fort Worth Club): Tasted blind - my top wine. Big nose of red fruit, with a hint of olive juice; deep red in the glass, little to no bricking. Nice integrated tannins lent a great structure that paired with the fresh red fruit flavors, with a hint of saddle leather. Delicious. Guessed a right bank BDX. I was in the neighborhood on age.

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3/21/2024 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 92 points

Dark and opaque garnet color. Aromas of lead pencil, sage, dried herbs, black fruits and black pepper. Same on the palate, full body and integrated tannins. Long finish. I need to revisit the 2001s more, as I think they suffered from the comparison to the 2000s and they are quite delicious now.

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3/20/2024 - Texas Corkscrew Likes this wine: 94 points

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2/24/2024 - Cailles wrote: 92 points

Bordeaux 2004 - 20 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) 2004 is a mediocre vintage overall, with many pleasant wines, but without the depth of better years. 2) At the top, the vintage produced some classic, old-school wines with lots of freshness and fresh fruit. 3) At the lower end, many wines lacked fruit and ripe tannins, resulting in some astringent and slightly drying wines. 4) An alarming number of Right Bank wines (5 out of 16, no Left Bank wine) were oxidized, including some heavyweights like Petrus, Evangile or Figeac. An unacceptably high proportion of faulty wines. 5) I’m not sure that the 2004 are currently in a good phase, many of my scores were lower than in previous tastings. The question is if it’s just a weaker phase or the beginning of the end. 6) At the top and the only wine >95pts was a layered Le Pin (rated 96pts), with a charming Vieux Chateau Certan, a surprising Issan and Clos l'Eglise, as well as an elegant Lafite sharing second place (all rated 94pts).

TN: Beautiful coffee, ripe red berries, dark berries, some minerality on the nose. One of the better bouquets in terms of complexity and precision. Unfortunately, there is some heat noticeable too but luckily not on the palate which displays fine dark and red fruit, some leather and minerality. The structural frame is good with fine tannins and a well-integrated acidity. Like La Mondotte or Peby Faugeres, Pavie usually produces quite big and often overwhelming wines, but not in 2004.

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3/16/2024 - Domr1855 Likes this wine: 90 points

Nez ouvert, prune mûre, fruits noirs, réglisse, épices. Belle concentration, souple et frais. Bon Rqp

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2/29/2024 - burlingtonm Likes this wine: 94 points

Suckling Wines of the World: glamorous and lush with rich fruit but like most 2010's still needing more time to show its full potential.

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3/9/2024 - jdrosen Likes this wine: 94 points

Decanted one hour in glass. Red fruit, earthy, nice tannins.

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3/7/2024 - ifishtoo Likes this wine: 95 points

Big, rich and ripe. Lots of sediment.

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3/7/2024 - Tineke v wrote: NR

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