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Pavie Macquin 2021

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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Tasting Notes

Concentrated ruby red in colour, this is intense and flavoursome, far more than most in the vintage, with a ton of black cherry and raspberry fruits, and a seriously juicy signoff. Good quality, with finesse and poise, and one to look out for. This is the limestone plateau speaking, I wrote in my En Primeur tasting note, and it is speaking even louder now. 37hl/h yield, harvest October 4 to 19, 50% new oak.

Score: 94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2041 Date: 21 February 2024

79% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Cask sample. Deep purple-crimson. Aromatically rich with red-berry and vanilla notes. Fleshy fruit on the palate. Powerful tannic frame, certainly within the context of the vintage. Well knit. Definite terroir note. Drives on the finish. Potential. (JL)

Score: 16+ Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2028-2040 Date: 13 May 2022

The 2021 Pavie Macquin is a rich, heady wine, as it typically is. Dark red fruit, leather, smoke, licorice, mocha and espresso build nicely in the glass. The tannins are a bit firmer than they usually are, but there's plenty of creaminess and texture lurking beneath. The 2021 needs time to fully come together. In some tastings it was a bit austere, while in other moments, the trademark Pavie-Macquin sensuality was more in evidence. Tasted three times.

Score: 92 - 94 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2031-2046 Date: 01 May 2022

The 2021 Pavie Macquin was picked from 4 to 19 October at 37hL/ha, the Grand Vin representing around 80% of the crop. Matured in 50% new oak, it clearly has the most fruit concentration amongst Nicolas Thienpont's portfolio with black cherries, blueberry and bilberry fruit, just a faint touch of orange rind in the background. The palate is fresh and well-structured on the entry, insistent grip and a pleasant seam of sapidity running through this Saint-Émilion. More "vertical" than usual, this is nicely focused with a delineated, quite mineral-driven finish that showcases its asteriated limestone terroir. Excellent.

Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2029-2055 Date: 01 May 2022

Lots of blackberry and inky character to this year. Always refined and polished with lovely length and medium body. 79% merlot, 19% cabernet franc and 2% cabernet sauvignon.

Score: 94 - 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 01 May 2022

Another success in this challenging year is the 2021 Pavie Macquin, a promising effort that offers up aromas of sweet berries, Indian spices, licorice and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied, layered and incisive, it's a tensile, tightly wound wine that's concentrated and penetrating, concluding with a mineral finish. Its low pH profile means that this is always an estate that gains a lot from élevage, but even at this early stage, it's clear that this has excellent potential.

Score: 93 - 95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 29 April 2022

Tasted on multiple occasions, the 2021 Château Pavie Macquin is a more forward, textured, charming wine from this estate that still has plenty of classic Pavie Macquin class, freshness, and minerality, which is the hallmark of this terroir. Coming from a cooler site just above Château Pavie, the 2021 is a blend of 79% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, from a selection of 80% of the production. Harvest here started on the 4th of October for the Merlot and finished on the 19th of October for the Cabernet, and the wine spent 30-35 days on skins in a mix of open top wood and concrete tanks and is currently resting in 50% new French oak barrels. Its deep purple hue is followed by terrific aromatics of blue fruits, violets, and chalky minerality, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, ripe, rounded tannins, good mid-palate depth, and a great finish. This cuvée always needs bottle age, but I suspect this will be one of the more approachable vintages for this wine.

Score: 93 - 95 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 06 February 2022