2021 Ch Pavie 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 6x75cl
06C1PAVI6PK _ 2021 - Ch Pavie 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Pavie
  • Region St Emilion
  • Drinking 2030 - 2052
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available En Primeur

2021 - Ch Pavie 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Pavie
  • Region St Emilion
  • Drinking 2030 - 2052
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available En Primeur
Case price: £1,392.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2022, Score: 96-98

    The 2021 blend of 52% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc is a wine very much in tune with the steeply sloped, limestone terroir of Ch Pavie, representing some of the appellation’s greatest terroir. It has a degree of flamboyance, but the sense of origin and respect for the vintage comes through as well. A very polished style showing both red and dark fruits, with chewy tannins and great freshness on the finish. Excellent.

  • Neal Martin, April 2022, Score: 93-95

    The 2021 Pavie was picked at 33hL/ha from 28 September until 12 October and matured in 75% new oak, the rest one-year. Team Pavie decided to wait to pick the Cabernet until after the rains just prior to harvest. This is clean and precise on the nose, the Cabernet components (48% of the blend) imparting graphite and light cedar aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins that frame layered limestone-infused black fruit, quite vibrant and conveying a sense of energy towards the finish. This has the most persistency of Gérard Perse's wines, and whilst I do not hold it up as the greatest Pavie in recent years, it is clearly top of the tree among his portfolio this year. Superb. 14.14% alcohol. Drink 2026 - 2060

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2022, Score: 95-97

    The 2021 Pavie is a wine of tremendous potential. Naturally, it shows the more mid-weight style of the year and yet there is plenty of depth as well as energy that starts to emerge with a bit of time in the glass. Bright saline notes shape the wine while extending the finish and adding so much drive. The 2021 is shaping up to be a very special wine. All it needs is time. Drink 2031-2061

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2022, Score: 18+

    I find it baffling that the entire portfolio of Perse wines contains lovely fruit and, sadly, dominant and sometimes overpowering levels of oak. But when you climb to the top of the ladder, this wine is more than civilised, with fruit, oak, tannin and acidity all working together. This is a firm wine, of that, there is no doubt, and the greater theme this year is of wines with subtlety and composure, but there are always those extreme wines, and Pavie is usually one of them. But when this wine is truly balanced, and it has been in a rich vein of form recently, I have to commend its quality and potential. Extremely aromatic, focussed and opinionated, this is a structured and concentrated wine, but it retains a degree of class and freshness, too.

  • Wine Cellar Insider, April 2022, Score: 94

    One of the darkest colored wines of the vintage, the wine kicks off with black, blue and dark red fruit. Spicy, long, and fresh, with strong oceanic influences, espresso, chocolate, flowers, herbs and salty, wild cherries in the perfume. The wine has equal amounts of richness, freshness, length and energy, with a finish that showcases its deep, limestone soils. There is tension and ample dark, red fruits that carry through to the endnote. The wine blends 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.14% ABV pH 3.67. Harvesting took place September 28 - October 12. The lateness of vintage is due to waiting for the Cabernets to ripen, which was a key to wines success. Drink from 2028-2060.

  • Jane Anson, April 2022, Score: 94

    Successful, with concentration and power managing a full extraction without bitter edges. Enjoyable cassis, blackberry, with fresher acidities coming through in mandarin peel and white peach. 75% new oak, full on Pavie signature, with plenty of oak caressing, but overall excellent quality. Harvest September 28 to October 12. No chaptilisation, the powerful south-facing slopes coming in extremely handy in 2021.

Producer

Château Pavie

It is known for certain that the first vines planted in St.Emilion were planted at Pavie and Ausone in the 4th century. Spanning some 37 hectares of land, and having gained a Premier Grand Cru Classé B status in the 1953 reclassification, the estate was bought by Gérard Perse in 1998.The Pavie terroir offers a variety of favourable winegrowing features: meagre soil, excellent south facing aspect, good natural drainage and a...Read more

It is known for certain that the first vines planted in St.Emilion were planted at Pavie and Ausone in the 4th century. Spanning some 37 hectares of land, and having gained a Premier Grand Cru Classé B status in the 1953 reclassification, the estate was bought by Gérard Perse in 1998.The Pavie terroir offers a variety of favourable winegrowing features: meagre soil, excellent south facing aspect, good natural drainage and a naturally cold resistant topography. Varieties grown are 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon - all matched to their complementary soils and with an average age of 43 years. Massive investment has created one of the most modern wineries in the region and wines that elicit rave reviews from certain circles...(Parker anyone??)Read less

Region

St Emilion

South of Pomerol lies the medieval, perched village of St Emilion. Surrounding St Emilion are vines that produce round, rich and often hedonistic wines. Despite a myriad of soil types, two main ones dominate - the gravelly, limestone slopes that delve down to the valley from the plateau and the valley itself which is comprised of limestone, gravel, clay and sand. Despite St Emilion's popularity today, it was not until the 1980s to early 1990s that attention was brought to this region. Robert Parker, the famous wine critic, began reviewing their Merlot-dominated wines and giving them hefty scores. The rest is history as they say. Similar to the Médoc, there is a classification system in place which dates from 1955 and outlines several levels of quality. These include its regional appellation of St Emilion, St Emilion Grand Cru, St Emilion Grand Cru Classé and St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé, which is further divided into "A" (Ausone and Cheval Blanc) and "B" (including Angélus, Canon, Figeac and a handful of others). To ensure better accuracy, the classification is redone every 10 years enabling certain châteaux to be upgraded or downgraded depending on on the quality of their more recent vintages.

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