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Pavie Decesse 2015

St Emilion, Grand Cru Classé

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Tasting Notes

Plums, berries, flowers, wet earth and rose petals. Full-bodied, deep and rich, especially on the center palate. Super silky tannins. Great length and texture. Goes on for minutes. Try in 2023.

Score: 98

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 02 February 2018

This shows a power and finesse at the same time with silky and refined tannins and a pretty. Such precision and length. Gorgeous, racy.

Score: 97 - 98

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 01 April 2016

Not yet bottled, the 2015 Château Pavie Decesse comes from a tiny 3.5-hectare parcel and is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc brought up in 90% new oak. It will be bottled at the same time as Château Pavie. Offering an inky, glass staining color and a huge nose of cassis, toasted spice, violets and spring flowers, it’s another massively concentrated, opulent, yet weightless, elegant wine from Gérard Perse. As with the Pavie release, it’s the purity of fruit, intensity, and balance that sets this beauty apart. Bravo!

Score: 95 - 97

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 30 November 2017

Deep colour. Mineral and black fruits with hints of licorice and tar. In the mouth the fruit is soft-fleshed, sweet plums. Powerful but with some restraint, finishing very dry.

Score: 92 - 94

Albany Vintners, - 27 April 2016

The 2015 Pavie-Decesse is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc matured entirely in new oak. The nose is backward at first and needed much encouragement in the glass, eventually revealing black cherries, crème de cassis, blood orange and almost honeyed aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded tannin, a modest level of acidity, fine grained with a spicy finish that lingers with a peppery aftertaste. It is an assertive Pavie-Decesse, particularly at the end where it cannot compete with the 2015 Pavie in terms of clarity, but the components will come together with 4-5 years in bottle.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2045 01 April 2016

The 2015 Pavie Decesse is aromatically lifted, precise and nuanced, and yet there is plenty of underlying richness. Sweet red cherry, pomegranate, blood orange and exotic flowers are front and center. Silky tannins and expressive, floral notes make the Pavie-Decesse the most feminine among Gerard Perse's three top Saint-Émilions, yet there is no shortage of intensity as well. The Pavie Decesse is unquestionably one of the most sexy, sensual wines of the vintage. This is pure class. The blend is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc from 50+ year-old vines. Yields were just 18 hectoliters per hectare, the lowest of any of the Perse properties.

Score: 93 - 96

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 April 2016

90% Merlot. Yield 17 hl/ha. Very old vines - average age 51 years. Very deep, glowing crimson. Juicy and succulent. Just enough fruit to overwhelm the considerable tannins. Good freshness. No water stress on the limestone plateau apparently. Should soften. Impressive! Bonsai stuff.

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2025-2040 01 April 2016

Beautiful, with remarkably lush raspberry, plum and cassis flavors that glide over a substantial yet creamy structure. The finish has beautiful flow. Dressed for the ball, but stays refined thanks to minimal accessorizing.

Score: 93 - 96

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 01 April 2016