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2005 Château Pavie Arômes de Pavie |
| Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 2   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Pavie (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | Arômes de Pavie | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | St. Émilion Grand Cru |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 10 notes) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 2/1/2010 & rated 88 points: (142 views) | |
| Tasted by jpwines on 1/1/2010 & rated 91 points: Obviously very young but showing a lot of promise. Earthy, berries and decent finish. I'm interested to see how this performs in another couple of years. (200 views) | |
| Tasted by BradA on 11/11/2009 & rated 90 points: Tasted at a commanderie de bordeaux tasting: Bright cherry, lots of vanilla and alcohol. I would like to revisit in 3-5 years as it seems to have some depth that will emerge if the high alcohol subsides. More californian in style--not what I see as a traditional bordeaux wine. (412 views) | |
| Tasted by Gene_Mo on 10/26/2009 & rated 92 points: Long legs in the glass. Earth, vegetable flavors that are all good. A great wine. (633 views) | |
| Tasted by djdaqm on 10/3/2009 & rated 92 points: Earthy smells with mushroom, fall leaves, and leather. Hint of mushroom and cheese on the palate to go with the dark fruits. I enjoyed this wine quite a bit, and tasted it at the end of an 18 wine Cabernet Sauvignon tasting of American wines. To me, the Aromes de Pavie was much more interesting because of the earthy profile. (724 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 9/26/2009 & rated 88 points: (545 views) | |
| Tasted by peblin on 9/26/2009 & rated 89 points: Pavie Vertical: Dense, blue-red color. Dark, sweet blue fruit with almonds, licorice and freshly sqeezed apple juice (!). Very fruit-forward. Elegant and big, but very different in style to other Pavies. (873 views) | |
| Tasted by Gee on 6/23/2009 & rated 92 points: Balthus with LuLu (968 views) | |
| Tasted by jaylew1 on 4/21/2009 & rated 90 points: Quite interesting. I could be a little light on the score. This has much more weight and grip then I anticipated, but at the same time is drinking very nicely after a 2 hour decant. Nice fresh berry flavors and medium finish. Intriguing for sure. (1288 views) | |
| Tasted by Badfish on 10/11/2008 & rated 93 points: Bordeaux Today (2005s & A Lone 2004) (Wine Exchange - Orange, CA): Dark red purple to the rim with medium thick legs in the glass. Right away the nose comes across as quite impressive to me with plum sauce, boysenberry, and slate; just dripping with goodness. The seductive dark tone carries over to the palate which offers dark berry fruit and sweet firm tannins. This also comes across as highly structured and that combined with the exotic nature of the fruit led me to believe it was a St. Émilion in the $50-60 range. I obviously found this second wine of Pavie to be quite good and for me it points to massive potential for the first wine. (1764 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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