Chateau Pavie
The new Pavie renovations have been one of the talking points of the Bordeaux trade. They wasted no time getting their newly acquired ‘Premier Grand cru Classe A’ up on the entrance, but why would you?
View from behind Pavie
Money is in your face when visiting the Bordeaux Chateau, but Pavie makes even Margaux look like a cottage. While enormous, it has been done with great taste and what is most impressive is the attention to detail. Stone ornaments from the old Bordeaux rail station were salvaged and used in the barrel room, leather bounds the hand rails through out, and the art is incredible. It’s hard to fathom how this sort of wealth is earned.
2006 Chateau Pavie
The wine. Even as the wine begins to leave the bottle, the aromas hit you. My face is not even 2 feet from the glass and I get the seductive whiff of concentrated dark plum fruit. It is so concentrated, even on the nose, with developing secondaries of leather and licorice complementing the fruit. Subtle nutty oak is ever so present in the background. Crushed blackcurrant and fresh plum give the palate its concentration and density. Still so much freshness but complexity also starting to show in the mouth. Absolutely delicious wine. One of the greatest I have ever tasted. 98 points
Pavie Barrel Room
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