90 -93 points,

Burghound, May 2011

An elegant, pure and ripe nose of cassis, plum-liqueur and earth is followed by supple, refined and equally pure middle weight flavors that are mineral-inflected and quite firm while finishing with verve and excellent persistence. This stylish effort is really quite classy. - Comments: Outstanding ♥

90 points,

John Gilman, View From The Cellar, November 2010

The 2009 Gravains is cut from the riper side of the Pavelot ledger this year and really comes across as an exotic and exuberant 1990-like wine. The nose is a blend of black raspberries, fruit cake, dark chocolate, grilled meats, minerals and a touch of prune. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and powerful, with a rock solid core of plush fruit, fine-grained tannins, and very, very good length and grip on the modestly overripe finish. For fans of the 1990 red Burgs, this will be a lovely bottle, but for those who find those wines a bit over the top in style, this is probably not going to be their cup of tea. It is a very, very well-made bottle of wine by any stretch of the imagination. (drink 2016-2040)

About Winery

Of the nearly 180 producers who produce and bottle wines from Savigny les Beaune, the estate of Jean-Marc Pavelot has earned the illustrious title of the finest wine maker in the village. After evaluating several consecutive vintages, spanning literally hundreds of samples and finished bottlings, Allen Meadows (author and publisher of Burghound) was quoted in 2004 as saying, "Pavelot is indisputably making the finest wines in the village and in particular, they age extremely well."

Moreover, the father and son team of Jean-Marc and Hugues Pavelot ensure a future of outstanding wines from their pristine, old-vine vineyard parcels through a practice known as lutte raisonnée. Essentially a practice incorporating the most practical applications as found in both biodynamic as well as traditional vineyard management, lutte raisonnée allows the flexibility to control vineyard abnormalities while avoiding undue applications to one's soil. Through this practice, the Pavelot's have consistently fashioned the most sought after, high-scoring, terroir-driven wines of the appellation for decades.

Routinely worthy of accolades reserved for wines costing twice to three times what these "humble" Savigny-les-Beaunes fetch, the wines of Pavelot are "wines worth a serious look each and every vintage. and absolutely worth your attention" - also quotes attributed to the Burghound.

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