90 points,

Burghound, April 2012

The fruit is much darker compared to the nose of the Peuillets, with a somber mix of earth and sauvage hints added to the plum and cassis aromas. There is a subtle touch of minerality to the firm, mouth coating and plumy medium-bodied flavors that possess plenty of mouth coating extract before culminating in an energetic, focused and lingering finish. This is perhaps just a hair less elegant then I typically find it though by contrast it is indisputably more powerful.

90 -92 points,

John Gilman, View From The Cellar, January 2012

While the 2010 Serpentières was also still a bit unsettled from its recent racking, it was definitely showing a bit more style on both the nose and palate than the previous few wines. The bouquet is deep and complex, offering up scents of black cherries, dark berries, a touch of venison, espresso and stony minerality. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very primary in profile, with a rock solid core of fruit, tangy acids and very good length and grip on the focused and ripely tannic finish. This will need plenty of time in the cellar, but should prove to be excellent.

88 -90 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, January 2012

Bright ruby-red. Suave nose offers blackberry, crushed stone and bitter chocolate. Dense, pliant and sweet, with a sappy concentration to the black fruit flavors. Finishes with a saline nuance and a lingering flavor of dark chocolate.

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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