2020 Château Pavie Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion Magnum

The Pavie 2020 is a blend of 50% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc and 16% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is aged in French oak barrels, 75% of which are new oak barriques. Opaque purple-black in colour, notes of plum pudding, blueberry tart and dark chocolate-covered cherries burst from the glass, closely followed by hints of eucalyptus, star anise, tobacco and fertile loam with a touch of cedar. The full-bodied palate is built like a brick house, offering very firm yet deliciously ripe, velvety tannins and seamless freshness to support the densely laden, muscular black and blue fruit, with a long finish and plenty of mineral layers.

This is a 1.5 liter magnum. Even tastier and has an even longer drinking window .

About the Château Pavie winery

The vineyard of Château Pavie is 42 hectares. It is a large entity, but contains different terroirs, each with its own microclimate. Château Pavie is often one of the last wineries to finish the harvest. They work responsibly: 70% of the vineyard is now treated organically, they aim for 100%.

Today, Gerard Perse is the man in charge. A self-made man and millionaire from Paris. The son of a painter, he took over a small grocery store in a suburb in 1976 and then achieved enormous success with franchise supermarkets for Champion (Carrefour). Until he only wanted to do wine. In 1998, after having bought a few other wineries, he bought Château Pavie. In the region, he is seen as a renouncer of Saint-Emilion wines because of the techniques he used, such as the premature cutting of unripe bunches of grapes to limit production and increase quality. At the time, this was considered an unheard-of waste, but today almost everyone does it. The success of his wines has improved his reputation considerably. Not only Parker, but also other international wine critics give the highest scores. And wine with a story.