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2000 Château Pavie |
| Vintage | 2000 |  Label 1 of 24   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Pavie (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | St. Émilion Grand Cru | ||
| UPC Code | 071570014704 |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 95.9 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 66 notes) | |
| Tasted by Niagara on 12/24/2009 & rated 97 points: Wonderful depth of scent and does not disappoint on the palate: powerful yet nuanced. A truly fine bottle of Bordeaux. (927 views) | |
| Tasted by MichaelB on 11/29/2009 & rated 96 points: Had this a while back, not quite ready but great concentration, mouthfeel, and finish (1525 views) | |
| Tasted by balassis on 11/15/2009 & rated 100 points: Dinner at "Telemachus BBQ Club" (Nea Kifissia - Athens) with my wife Marilena and my friend George. George brought this bottle from England, and we consumed it at the Restaurant. Perhaps it is the best Bordeaux wine I ever drank. Beautiful garnet color, with a dark core. Scents and flavors of fresh walnuts, kirsh, luxury oaky vanilla, licorice, leather, earth, charcoal, dried herbs, anise and dark chocolate. It is realy a dark fruit bomb in the mouth. The tannins are vibrant but very well integrated. The finish lasts over 45 sec. To pair with a well made chateaubriand filet. Pair it also with a mousse au chocolat. It is realy a surprise! As Parker says "Life is too short not to own and consume the 2000 Pavie" (1761 views) | |
| Tasted by taipanli on 10/5/2009 & rated 96 points: (464 views) | |
| Tasted by peblin on 9/26/2009 & rated 100 points: Pavie Vertical: Red to brick red, dense color. Amazingly balanced nose of bordeaux fruit, maturity and some vanilla. Possibly a hint of TCA, but taste revealed no deficiency at all. Round, balanced taste with beginning maturity. Incredibly long, 120+ taste. This is a mindbogglingly good wine. (2338 views) | |
| Tasted by BoxExperience on 9/26/2009: I don't do points, but this is one of the best wines I have ever had. Power and complexity, together with balance and a lightness in the mouth makes it a pure pleasure to drink. Combine that with an aftertaste that lingers for what seems an eternity, and I wonder if wine really can be that much better than this. (2270 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 9/26/2009 & rated 98 points: (1817 views) | |
| Tasted by snordhoff on 9/16/2009 & rated 98 points: Had this again and really no change since my last note, except maybe it was wound up a bit tighter. Still quite young. Crammed full of Bordeaux goodness. I did not sense any over ripeness. The nose was a cascade of black, blue and red fruits with some minerality and a hint of very high quality oak. This had incredible depth, structure and a nearly endless finish. Yowsa!! (2606 views) | |
| Tasted by snordhoff on 6/17/2009 & rated 99 points: TNs: Latour, La Turque SQN, LLC, Shafer HSS, Alban, Bryant, etc. (Rancho Sante Fe): This nearly got the big three digit score for me. Still quite young though. Crammed full of Bordeaux goodness. I did not sense any over ripeness. The nose was a cascade of black, blue and red fruits with some minerality and a hint of very high quality oak. This had incredible depth, structure and a nearly endless finish. Yowsa!! (3435 views) | |
| Tasted by drgrape on 6/7/2009 & rated 98 points: The nose was intense as it was decanted (one hour) and the balance was perfect. Deep, dark purple color. Smooth even though the flavors are still predominantly earthy merlot. This will be special in 5 years. (3361 views) | |
| Tasted by markcvino on 6/7/2009 & rated 95 points: Excellent Bordeaux. Nose was distinctive with mild earthy tones. Excellent fruit with pleasant tannins. Finish was medium in length. (3453 views) | |
| Tasted by Clarkmeister on 5/3/2009 & rated 97 points: Same excellent wine as the last two times. Just sublime balance. (3544 views) | |
| Tasted by t-slow on 4/8/2009 & rated 96 points: So thick and inky. Almost black. Great nose but its youth is obvious with teh rough edges which I am certain will smoothen out with age. On the palate it was almost syrupy, gobs of black fruits, so rich, and it just lingers on. What a finish. I will will like to drink this 20 years from now. (3774 views) | |
| Tasted by JoseyH on 3/10/2009 & rated 90 points: Delicious nose of St. Emilion earth. Well balanced: soft, medium acid, medium alcohol, not astringent. Long, smooth fruit finish just got better over time. (3585 views) | |
| Tasted by taipanli on 3/2/2009 & rated 97 points: (496 views) | |
| Tasted by noppakit s. on 2/26/2009 & rated 98 points: Um....I waited so long to drink this wine and disappointed. If anyone hope that it must be the BIG and yummy, you better go for Monbousquet instead. Pavie 2000 is a normal good elegant St.Emilion. Only the aftertaste is like the 100/100 finished as same as it can be found in Marguis d'Alesme Becker 2000. IMO, Le Plus of Lafleur de Bouard 2000 is more remarkable. I don't feel any impact....not impressed at all....Cheval Blanc 1982 as well. So lucky, I don't have them in my cellar anymore. Let's go for La Mondotte !!! (4180 views) | |
| Tasted by Clarkmeister on 2/21/2009 & rated 97 points: Sick great nose. Impeccable balance, good fruit while still being unmistakably old world. I wish the finish went a little longer. (3899 views) | |
| Tasted by JJL on 1/26/2009 & rated 94 points: This is the 3rd time I have had this bottle, the first upon release, the 2nd was over a year ago. Opened this bottle the night before, decanted in the morning, brought to a Zachy's auction at Daniel and decanted again when I arrived. Nice tannis, but not as big as I remembered the first time. A bit acidic on the back-end, with some mellow fruits. This wine improved dramatically from start to finish. Some of the '00's are starting to drink well. This one is getting there, but needs more time. Interesting to see the evolution of this wine - the first bottle was young and big and drinkable, the second was completely shut down, and this one was just starting to open up. (4029 views) | |
| Tasted by Clarkmeister on 12/31/2008 & rated 96 points: Maybe closer to 97 than 96pts. Having read about this wine and also tasted the 2003 Macquin, I expected huge lush california style fruit, but that wasn't the case at all. Very standard Bordeaux nose for me with earth, some dark fruit, graphite, leather. Good smooth fruit that wasn't close to overwhelming - bordered on subtle. Tremendous balance and strong acidity on the end that picked up where the fruit left off. Great bottle of wine. (4052 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 11/23/2008 & rated 99 points: Double decanted 6 and 4 hours in advance. Dark purple. Wow, what a bouquet! Just sniffing is almost enough. Loaded with primary black berry fruits, perfect oak and some exquisite perfume. Full bodied, almost fat. So youthful. Still in its young and open fruit stage. Very rich with a lot of tastes. Cassis, black chocolate, mocha etc. etc. Smooth bitterness. An enormously well polished wine with a minute long, complex and beautiful aftertaste. In this stage I just have to give it the almost perfect score. Possibly it could be a hundred in the future. It is a new world style concentrated, harmonious and very complex wine. An elegant blockbuster. I hope this will age well, so it will get the perfect score, although I wonder if ageing is the best option; it is such an absolute beauty now when you give it enough air. One way or another; this will be a very interesting wine to follow over the next decades. Great!!! (4661 views) | |
| Tasted by Crackers on 10/4/2008 & rated 98 points: Decanted approximately 3 hours prior to serving. This wine was tasted single blind among a lineup that included 2000 Cheval Blanc, 2000 La Mission, 1996 Margaux, 1986 Mouton, and 1998 Cheval Blanc. Among the 2000s I thought the Pavie finished in second place behind the La Mission. IMHO, the Cheval blanc 2000 had a more explosive nose, but did not follow through on the palate, while the La Mission was simply superior to both from beginning to end. The Pavie had a gorgeous nose marked by tobacco smoke, graphite, asphalt, blue, black, and red fruit, flowers, and spice box. The color was not any darker than the cheval or la mission, and was surprisingly similar to that of the '90 petrus tasted shortly after. On the palate, there was a wealth of ripe and super pure cassis, cherry, blackberry along with graphite, smoke, abundant glycerin and a persistent finish with surprisingly well integrated tannins. Wish I had bought more. (4603 views) | |
| Tasted by BordeauxNut on 8/16/2008 & rated 92 points: St. Louis Saturday Group -- 2000 v 2001 Bordeaux Tasting (Jim Dove's home): Finding a strong, Amarone-like note, Craig guessed this to be the 2000 Pavie. Very modern was my phrase. Porty -- alcoholic and a bit of volatility -- but, the aromas coming forward are exotic. Long finish with some bitterness noted. Rank: 8/18 Vintage: 2000.44 (4959 views) | |
| Tasted by wineismylife on 8/13/2008 & rated 92 points: WIML92 Tasted August 13, 2008 at an offline. Opened and decanted somewhere between 2-3 hours before serving. Purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of dried herbs, a dash of balsalmic and some mixed dark fruits. Flavors of black berries and black licorice. Medium acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium to full body. Decant a couple hours if opening now or continue to hold. (4798 views) | |
| Tasted by winejam on 6/27/2008 & rated 96 points: I was expecting this to be jammy and over the top, however, this was not the case. It was certainly dense with ripe fruit, full bodied and tannic, but was balanced by an appropriate amount of acidity. This is not a wine to drink on a hot summers day, however it showed aromas of dense blackcurrant, spice and cedar. The palate delivered forest floor, wild blackberries and a the start of cedar cigar box, which should evolve from here out. I was ready to heavily criticise this wine based on certain professional tasters, but am now a supporter. I was similarly impressed with the 99, 01 and 02 (not yet had the 03) but less enamored with the 04. (5081 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 1/15/2008 & rated 92 points: not enough air/ decanting. (6621 views) | |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984. As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as: - sales price levels - national and international commercial distribution - the estate's reputation on the market Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville. The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas. By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case. Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths  category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?
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