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Pavie 1982

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé A

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Tasting Notes

This is a slightly better bottle than ones that I have encountered in the past. Here, the Pavie 1982 has a “strict” bouquet that is almost Left Bank in personality: earthy, leathery with graphite notes with touches of cedar and pine infusing the broody black fruit. The palate is very conservative and foursquare with dry tannins, whilst the finish is muffled and attenuated. It’s not a bad wine by any means and I would happily drink a bottle. But it is patently a different wine from the one produced nowadays.

Score: 87

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 November 2012

This fully mature 1982 displays a weedy, herbaceous character interwoven with notions of earth, fruitcake, cherry jam, and spice box. Representative of the old style Pavies, it is moderately endowed, with ripe tannin, but not a great deal of concentration. It needs to be consumed over the next 2-4 years.

Score: 88

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2009 - 2013 30 June 2009

Good saturated full red. Exotic nose combines roasted raspberry, minerals and coffee; slight suggestions of old wine. Then sweet and minerally in the mouth, with nicely firm-edged fruit and good flavor delineation. Finish shows a slight dry edge and a hint of greenness. Best today in the middle palate. Drink over the next five years.

Score: 89

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 July 2002

Youthful ruby color, with a garnet edge. Floral and perfumed, with a berry undertone on the nose. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a pretty, straightforward fruit aftertaste. A very good bottle but not the outstanding wine I have tasted in the past.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal.

Score: 88

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 30 November 1998