2006 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode

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  3/3/2024 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points

  Burgs, Birds, and Black Truffles (My place, Portland OR): The nose has a robust and brawny quality with raspberries, sour red cherries, plums, earth notes, violets, leather, sweet tobacco leaves, licorice, and savory spices. There is good depth and style here with a bit of primary quality that still exists to the fruit. The Medium bodied feel is savory and robust with tart, medium+ acidity and slightly coarse, medium+ tannins. The tannins are still a bit present and rough with it not showing off much resolution. If the tannins are able to resolve, this could see some more upside but I'm not entirely confident of that at this point.

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  5/17/2023 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  (Small glass tried with argon 2 days ago; very challenging briary, tart. Second small glass with argon, allowed to air in open glass overnight, much better. Note based on now opened bottle day 3.) This wine needs food and air to reward you. leathery, briary, red & black complex fruit, very good depth and length, perhaps even elegance eventually, but not much in the way of attractive aromatics to start. The quality of the fruit -the grapes- is excellant.
  
  Would never open this wine to show a friend the "easy" gorgeous fruit some burgs have, as it is the antithesis of that. Rigorous, structured, vins de garde wine made in a not fruit- forward year ... with lots of merit. An old-styled Cornas, or Savigny version of Faiveley''s Corton Clos des Corton, of Burgundy. Tonight seems like it will go 50 years, balance is right for now; and hope it persists.
  
  If you've never drunk wine like this, it elevates your pleasure in a food like a steak ... and rivals or betters other reds from around the world ... rarely add a personal comment to a CT note but this ugly duckling wine- with air - would blow away many other red wines and if you have some bottles, don't despair. Just air it and match the food.
  
  For now, open at least 3 hours before serving, and pair with food rich in protein and fat - for example, cheese - and this will shine. (Pop and pour... doomed to not show well well).

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  12/6/2021 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  {Bought on release, professional storage since then, perfect fill} Tasted over 3 days. Day 1 a glass with argon fill; Day 2 opened to room air, and kept overnight with vacuum. Initial pours - quite briary, lean like a Beaune with savory fruits and some tartness. After ~ 3 hours of air really started to fill out and the complexity of the wine shone through. Delicious when fully aired.

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  11/27/2020 - trouts10 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Served from a 1.5 ltr bottle on Thanksgiving and opened 5 hours ahead of time, served with dry-brined rotisserie turkey. Upon initial opening, the wine seemed to lack fruit and tasted pretty thin, and I was prepared to think this a bust for the dinner, although the bouquet was pleasant right from the get-go. However, it really opened up and paired perfectly with the turkey several hours later. Rather intense aromas of dried red fruit, a touch of earthy leather, Asian spice, and smoke, which my son said reminded him of bar-b-que potato chips! The flavors had smoothed out and I'd say nicely rounded, medium-bodied, with a decently long finish. Over the years, I have been a bit disappointed in Pavelot's wines, especially when some have been given high praise by most critics. This one was a pleasant surprise and it may even improve a little for two or three years.

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  7/22/2020 - MC wrote:

  Decanted 2 hours. Color is still relatively young. Nose has faint fruit but not the red cherry of the 2007 a few nights ago - more muted. On the palate this also has less of the red cherry fruit and more mineral and earth than the 2007. All in a reasonable wine that I am not sure will ever improve much - maybe a touch with more age and complexity, but for me this falls a bit short of the professional ratings at this point in time. B+/A-?

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