The 2004 Pavie (7,050 cases) tips the scales at 13.5% alcohol. One of the stars of the vintage, it boasts a dense purple color as well as a penetrating, fragrant perfume of creme de cassis, black cherry liqueur, licorice, Asian spices, and incense. Full-bodied and powerful with silky tannin, a multi-layered attack as well as mid-palate, and a fabulously long finish that lasts for nearly a minute, this beauty needs 5-7 years of cellaring, and should age for 40-50 years. RP
Good deep fresh ruby. Vibrant, complex aromas of blackberry, violet, licorice, espresso and minerals. Concentrated, spicy and fresh, with lovely clarity and lift to its penetrating dark fruit and mineral flavors. Densely packed and downright palate-staining for 24 without any impression of heaviness. This has plenty of fat for the year and finishes impressively dense, with ripe, building tannins. Owner Gerard Perse notes that Pavie has the benefit of three different soil types, while Pavie-Decesse is a single block of old vines on calcaire Thus Pavie is always more complex, he adds, and the portion of younger vines at Pavie brings a fruity quality that's sometimes missing in Pavie-Decesse.- Stephen Tanzer (5/27)
Producer: Pavie
Vintage: 2004
Varietal: Red Blend
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Saint Emilion
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