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2008 Chateau Pavie Premier Grand Cru Classe A, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
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Critics Scores
Wine Enthusiast
Dry tannins dominate this wine. Pavie's style has become less exuberant, more restrained, which allows the terroir to show through in its tannins and concentration. this is for long-term aging.
Wine Spectator
This is lavishly oaked, with dark espresso, mocha and bittersweet cocoa notes proudly leading the way, while the core of fig sauce, melted licorice snap and blackberry confiture waits in the wings. Dense and grippy through the finish, with powerfully rendered fruit matching the dense toast. A huge wine that will need some time. Best from 2013 through 2022.
James Suckling
Lots of fruit and fruity and long with amazing truffles and earth and fruity with full and velvety tannins. Long, long finish. Balanced for the vintage, but very rich. Better in 2013.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A remarkable success in this vintage, Pavie’s 92 acre vineyard situated on the limestone soils of the spectacular south-facing Cote Pavie (one of the greatest terroirs of Bordeaux) was cropped at 30 hectoliters per hectare. A blend of 70 Merlot, 20 Cabernet Franc and 10 Cabernet Sauvignon, with an atypical (for a 2008) alcohol level of 14.5 that is higher than in its 2010 counterpart, the opaque purple-colored 2008 exhibits sweet, smoky barbecue notes intermixed with creme de cassis, black cherry, toast and crushed chalk. Deep, intense and full-bodied with surprisingly civilized tannins for such a young Pavie, it reveals wonderful breadth of flavor, a savory texture and a layered mouthfeel. It should drink beautifully in 2-4 years and keep for 25 or more.