Community Tasting Notes 5

• Jeff Leve wrote: 98 points

  March 29, 2022 - With a beautiful, dark, rich color, the wine opens its perfume to reveal a bouquet of flowers, crushed stones, black cherry, blackberry, espresso and cigar box aromas. The wine is intensely concentrated, opulent, fresh and most-importantly, balanced. Everything is working together here. Rich and mouth-coating, the fruits display purity and touches of salty-minerality. The finish builds and expands in all the right directions. 2019 is the first vintage where the Merlot does not dominate the blend. The wine was made using 50% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon. Like all the great vintages of Pavie, the wine needs time to age and evolve. Drink from 2035-2060.

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• Tudz Drkl wrote:

  March 16, 2022 - An elegant laid back nose of spicy layered red and dark fruits. The palate is similar with the layers of fruit on entry but remaining savory and combining with chocolate notes. There is great, balanced acidity and strong, silky round tannins. Good finish.

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• wineforth Likes this wine: 96 points

  March 16, 2022 - Lord's 2019 in bottle tasting. 50% Merlot, 32% Cab franc and 18% Cab sauv. Brilliant nose, mineral, lovely flavour. Potential for higher score.

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• mactheknife wrote: 95 points

  July 31, 2020 - Decanted for 2 hours, returned to the bottle, and drank at dinner in a nearby French restaurant. This is such and interesting blend of traditional and new styles. A powerful wine, but still with finesse. Lots of dregs that were removed made the last taste just as good as the first. Black fruit, tar and earth. A hint of black olive and cigar box. This has a long life ahead. Can't wait to enjoy the next bottle.
  
  Sorry; this is a 2003. Don't know how I managed to do that. I cannot find how to move it, but will copy and put in the 2003 notes.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

  June 8, 2020 - Almost opaque in color, the complex nose, with its barbecue, flower, crushed rock, cherry liqueur, blackberry, plum, smoke and espresso is inviting. Concentrated, lush, full-bodied, mouth-filling and palate-staining, yet with all that going on, nothing is too much here, everything is in balance. The opulent, velvet drenched fruit really holds it own in the finish. 96-98 Pts

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Château Pavie
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 3258690009101, 3284399039798, 3448822002951, 4000001808854

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• Pending Delivery 150 (11%)
• In Cellars 1,192 (85%)
• Consumed 64 (5%)

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