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1977 Château Pavie

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10/20/2012 - PSPatrick wrote: 90 points

The filling level of the bottle was ideal (upper part of shoulders). The cork broke, but came out in two pieces without crumbling. The wine looked youthful dark brick, almost ruby in colour, with a small orange rim. We poured the wine into a small decanter and served the first glass immediately. It improved with moderate aeration (about 15 minutes) and started to decline after about 1 1/2 hours.

On the nose the wine offered dried flowers, hints of dark berries and dried fruits, some balsamic notes, leather, earth, mushrooms, grilled meat, a hint of espresso, and after forty minutes also some minty eucalyptus. It was medium-bodied and showed cherry, beetroot, blueberry, strawberry, leather, earth and a hint of tobacco on the palate, paired with mouthwatering acidity and very good length. We drank the wine on its own, but it screamed for food. It should pair well with roast with herb crust or with braised meat. Roast beef might also work well.

I guess I was lucky as the condition of this bottle seemed as good as the condition of a bottle of 1977 Bordeaux can be. I have no doubt that the 1977 Château Pavie drank even better ten years ago, but I was pleasantly surprised how alive and drinkable this 35 year-old Bordeaux from a poor vintage was.

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1920 Château Pavie

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7/26/2015 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 92 points

Blind Tasting of 13 reds, 1 white and 1 Champagne at Behrens am Kai in Dusseldorf

1st Flight together with Comtes de Champagne 1995

The nose is unbelievable. 15 points! tar,eucalyptus,licorice, mint, in the palate not that strong as in the nose, but with time with a longer aftertaste, still nice acidity, for his age a really nice wine

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2009 Château Pavie

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6/29/2010 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 points

2009 Pavie, from vines close to 50 years old, is as black as a moonless sky. Incense, licorice, jammy dark fruit, and minerals are the first things you smell. This incredibly concentrated wine fills every area of your palate with dense, decadent berry sensations. The wine finishes with a mélange of chocolate, plum liqueur, and black cherries. This is a thick, hedonistic wine. 96-99 Pts

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4/1/2010 - dcwino wrote: 96 points

Monster, you need to chew a lot to eat this. Blueberry pie, nice texture but very noticeable obtrusive tannin. 95-97 pts.

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7/30/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

The color of purple ink, the perfume displays intense minerality, blueberry, plum, blackberry jam, licorice, coffee and spicy black cherry aromas. This low acid Bordeaux wine coats your mouth with layers of rich, ripe, dense fruit. The long finish is filled with fresh blackberry, stone, blue fruit and coffee.

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11/12/2012 - wenderoth wrote: 92 points

2009 Bordeaux Masterclass, Hilton Hotel, Sydney. Tasted blind. Dark, inky purple/black. Heavy black fruits, violets, cedar, anise on the nose. Lovely juicy morello cherry, blackberry on a full-bodied palate. Very fine and potent, mouthfilling tannins and a long, long finish. Too much for me right now. Need to lie down while drinking it and cancel all appointments the next day.

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9/25/2013 - eudora Likes this wine: 97 points

This was a "backup wine" at a tasting of RP/WS 100-pt wines. It had the misfortune of being contrasted with a 2004 Le Macchiole Messorio to experience two different takes on Merlot-based wines. In any other setting, this wine would have been the star. It remains a baby, but after a two-hour decanting it showed beautifully -- a glassful of hedonism without any of the pain that often accompanies big Bordeaux.

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11/3/2013 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 95 points

Some great wines to help Public Television (WVIZ World Series of Wine Seminar): An RP 100 pointer. I love public TV! Purple in color. Ruby at the rim. This is very tight. Deep, but hard to tell what's going on. Cassis and blueberries and some cigar. A wall of tannins on drinking. Great acidity though. Mouth filing. Lots of fruit, mostly black currants and dark cherries. Slightly warming but not hot. This is so primary. It may be a 100 pointer some day. Today, its work to analyze, but there is so much there here. Hope I am lucky enough to try this again sometime, but at $600, I am not holding my breath.

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12/10/2013 - Wine Fool Likes this wine: 99 points

(Decanted for four hours.) This is an impossible wine. Blue, black and purple in color, darkness pervades the bowl. The nose is huge and redolent of ripe black and red fruits, Medjool date jam, candied violet, dark chocolate, cigar box, singed caramel and a hint of galbanum. (Exotic only begins to describe the whole effect!) The wine is huge and full-bodied with tactile richness and viscosity. The concentrated and savory flavors of ripe black fruits, warm brick, moist soil, roast coffee, Turkish bay and vanilla bean paste linger on the palate for nearly a minute. (The words “amplitude” and “majesty” keep coming to mind.) Despite its great size, the wine is neither podgy nor overripe; rather, it is defined and uplifted by a fresh, clarifying acidity. The tannins are as big as the wine itself but fine-grained and polished. This masterpiece makes you wonder how it achieves such harmony from beginning to end. Still, it could use six to eight more years to meld, knit and mellow. After that, look forward to thirty or more years of unbridled pleasure. 99+ points, with perfection just lurking around the corner.

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5/2/2014 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 points

Bordeaux 2009 vs. 2010 - Check in on 50 well known Chateaux: Black core with purple rim. Reserved nose of blue fruit, toast, violets and some pine tree. On the palate extremely concentrated with tannins but unfortunately on the drying side, aromas also need coaxing. The good thing is that it does not smell oxidative upon opening. However after 2h of aeration oxidative notes (sherry) started to appear. It will be interesting to see what this will turn into. My 2000 Pavies have not particularly aged well. Could be a hit or miss. Let’s see. 92-96? To my surprise this did well with the group (Group Score 97.4/RP100)

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12/13/2014 - MikeATL Does not like this wine: 72 points

Cloyingly ripe on the nose, short, tannic, and weedy on the palate, the best I can say for it is that it was better than the appalling 2005, which when tasted blind a couple of years ago was reminiscent of rotting grass clippings macerated with cough syrup and a few handfuls of powdered tannin. It takes real winemaking magic to get this much weediness and harsh tannin in a wine with this much ripeness.

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4/23/2015 - fcxj wrote: 90 points

Dense

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6/25/2016 - fcxj wrote: 92 points

Inky purple, positively Californian. Enjoyable if you're into that type of wine, which can be fun.

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9/16/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 87 points

66x Parker 100-Pointers from Bordeaux 1947-2010 tasted blind (Switzerland): Tasted blind. Dark purple. Nose of dark fruit, dried fruit with an oxidative touch, I am already bracing for the palate after detecting these Madeira/oxidative notes. The palate confirms my fears, full bodied with aromas of rum pot appearing. Drying tannins on the finish. May be it is the bottle, more likely it is the producer (given the many defects the Gerard Perse wines showed at this tasting). In any case, I cannot give this bottle more than 87 points, especially after having just seen what Petrus and Le Pin did in 2009 with their raw material. This was the second worst wine of the two days. Group score: 15.50, group rank: 62/64

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2009 Château Pavie

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12/29/2016 - soyhead wrote: NR

tasted blind
nose - blackberry liqueur
mouth - angular and tannic tonight, perhaps not showing great, concentrated dark fruit, there is no doubt this has great stuffing. superbly dry. i guessed an Italian. when the possibility of it being Pavie floated, my response was no way. Score again for blind tasting. 70%merlot 20%CabFranc 10% Cab Sauv.

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3/17/2017 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 92 points

The very first thing to come to mind when putting my nose to the glass was Flinstones Vitamins, which fortunately faded to reveal ripe red berries, dusty sweet spices, and crushed stone. On the palate, I found silky textures with intense dark red fruits, which saturated the senses before balancing out through zesty acidity and hints of herbs. Tannins coated the senses, along with concentrated fruit extract through the long, structured finish.

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10/29/2017 - CMN wrote: 96 points

This wine offers a kaleidoscope of blackberry fruit with funk, green foliage, earth, dust and a kiss of licorice. Concentrated, yet never heavy and well balanced by the acidity. Lovely texture. Tannins are noticeable, but nicely polished.

I expected to dislike the wine due to the ripe vintage and oak treatment, but I did not find the overly ripe fruit nor signs of too much wood. Color me pleasantly surprised. While this wine is nowhere near it's peak, it also offers a lot of pleasure for current drinking. Best after 2024.

Also, it must be said that TK, who generously shared this wine with me, is a phenomenal friend. So blessed.

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2/19/2018 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 points

Midnight black color. Tight, deep blackberrries on the nose along with distinct BBQ notes. Delicious notes of sweet KC BBQ brisket (especially into the finish) and intense blackberries and mulberries. Should last another 50 years.

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11/11/2018 - #1Winelover Likes this wine: 99 points

Bordeaux wine tasting and this was the star of the night. It beat out 2 first growths and as the night went on, this wine got better and better. Very dark purple and blue with matching fruit including Blueberry and plum, tons of mineral and graphite earthy notes and a chocolaty finish that goes on and on. This is very smooth, has well integrated tannins, and is concentrated and intense.

There were several women who prefer white wine so I emptied their pours into my glass :). This will continue to get better but with a decant, it is drinking really well right now.

98-100 points

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3/21/2019 - aelloyd wrote: NR

100 points Robert Parker as of 2019

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7/27/2019 - fcxj wrote: 90 points

Nothing wrong but style is shock to system. Jammy.

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2009 Château Pavie

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9/20/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

Still quite young, the wine is almost inky in color. The initial sniff brings on a strong aromatics of ripe, dark red, black and blue fruits, espresso beans, smoke, licorice, oyster shell and crushed rock. Powerful, dense and mouth-coating, the wine takes up a lot of room on your palate, coating your mouth with layers of fruit, tannin, oak and stones. Give this a decade to round out, soften and develop, and it could really offer a sublime tasting experience.

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6/12/2020 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 95 points

Opened 2.5 hours ahead. Massive wine. Sour cherry and cassis with a bit of olive and spice. Big tannins. Had the Pavie-Decesse last week which I prefer, but this is very good. I think it needs more time to integrate. Score likely improves.

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10/3/2021 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 97 points

Coming back to this after a about a year. Opened 3 hours. Color is dark garnet/purple. On the nose: Cassis, leather, something vegetal and graphite. On the palate: Very rich plums, green pepper, cassis, leather and a bit of sour cherry and dark chocolate at the end . Flavors are very concentrated, broad and long. This is a superb wine from a superb vintage. This will be good for decades.

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1/2/2022 - #1Winelover Likes this wine: 99 points

Battle of the Bastards. I mean battle of the best! Chateau Pavie 2009, Harlan 2009, Schrader CCS 2013 and Schrader CCS 2019. New Years Eve celebration and the wines were all amazing. Except for the Schrader CCS 2019, all were in their prime drinking window. The Schrader CCS 2019 was very good -- it just needs a couple of years and/or a looooong decant. All wines were decanted for 2-3 hours and all of them got better as the night went on.

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