2009 Château Pavie
Community Tasting Note
Collector1855 wrote:
94 Points
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 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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Comment posted by MikeATL:
12/13/2014 9:29:00 PM - I'm trying to understand how a very tannic wine that doesn't show much on the nose until it starts to show oxidation after a mere couple of hours earns 94 points? Were there compelling pleasant qualities that weren't clear on your note but that strongly outweighed the negatives?
Comment posted by Collector1855:
12/13/2014 9:52:00 PM - Agree, Pavie has become one of the most high risk bets when purchasing Bdx. The 2000 young in bottle was unbelievably good back then, always winning my blind tastings. I have also become less and less a fan since then due to too much extraction and sometimes too late picking. Lots of people still like it as you can see from the group score (just as many people like full throttle Barossa Shiraz). My score, as always with a young wine, rates the potential for when this is in the drinking window. I could well be too optimistic here and if so we end up with a note closer to your rating window. Definitely to be revisited again in 2022 (10y in bottle).
Comment posted by MikeATL:
12/14/2014 6:02:00 AM - Thanks. I agree that it will be interesting to see how these wines evolve.