1998 Pavie Bordeaux Blend
Reviews of 1998 Pavie Bordeaux Blend
95 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
April 2001
A 50-year wine, this opaque purple-colored offering exhibits a strong, precise nose of black fruits, liquid minerals, smoke, and graphite. Extremely full-bodied, yet brilliantly delineated, powerful, and awesomely concentrated, it boasts a fabulous mid-palate as well as a finish that lasts for nearly a minute. This vin de garde requires 5-6 years of cellaring. A tour de force in winemaking, it has the potential to be the most profound Pavie ever produced, except for its two successors. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2045.
92 points, Stephen Tanzer
June 2001
Ruby-red. Sappy, liqueur-like aromas of cherry, raspberry coulis, roast coffee and exotic wood spices. Wonderfully sweet and mouthfilling, but with harmonious acidity giving shape and clarity to the flavors. Finishes quite long, with fine tannins. Not at all overextracted; in fact, here the tannins seem a bit sweeter than those of the '99. Still unfolding; this may ultimately surpass the '99. 92(+?) points
92 points, Wine Spectator
October 2009
Lots of wood, cedar, vanilla and ripe fruit on the nose. Violets too. Full-bodied, with supersilky tannins, yet they are still chewy. This needs some more bottle age to resolve the slightly angular and woody tannins. But it's full of stuffing.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux retrospective (2008). Best after 2011. 6,665 cases made. –JS
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Gdogswine
August 2007
Strong aromas of graphite, black fruits, smoke, liquid
minerals. With a very full body. Powerful with a long finish.
Dense and rich would some other words I’d use to describe this wine
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About 1998 Pavie Bordeaux Blend
About the Winery Pavie
"Gérard Perse (already at Montbousquet and Pavie-Decesse), has returned this property to its former glory. It is situated on the most beautiful hillside of Saint-Emilion, with chalky-clay terroirs, and sandy-clay terroir at the foot of the hill. The wines are of excellent quality,lively and immediately attractive, but which should be kept for at least ten years..."
About the Wine
55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
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