Chateau Pavie 2016 - Case of 6 Bottles (75cl)The 2016 Pavie is cropped at 38 hectoliters per hectare between 10 and 20 October. The alcohol this year is 14. 55%, and it is matured in 80% new oak and 20% one year old wood. As Grard Perse explained, this is a Pavie that has taken stock and shifted in direction in recent years, reflecting more of its exceptional terroir instead of winemaking. It has a very intense bouquet that is extremely well defined and shrugs off that higher alcohol level. You

the yield half the normal crop at 13 hectoliters per hectare

Robert Parker: 96 /100

Matured in 60% new oak for 18 months

kirsch and blueberry compote with hints of rose hip tea

graphite and cedar towards the linear finish that will clearly need several years to unfold

Merlot 13%

finishing long and refreshing

chewy and rich with good expression and a long earthy finish

Tasted at the chateau

quite masculine

There is enough wood to notice on the pretty mix of red and blue pinot fruit that is cut with a whisper of earth

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