Pavie Macquin 2010

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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Tasting Notes
The Pavie-Macquin has wonderful delineation and poise on the nose: raspberry, wild strawberry, crushed stone and a hint of apricot. It is quite modern in style but wonderfully controlled and generous, almost to the point of Burgundian purity. The palate is medium-bodied with super-fine tannins. There are hints of sage and quince infusing the red fruit profile, whilst the finish is silky smooth. It is perhaps just a little sweeter than I envisaged out of barrel? Hopefully it will calm down in bottle. Score: 93 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 March 2013
The Pavie Macquin has a gorgeous, lifted, opulent bouquet with pure dark berries, boysenberry and dark plums with superb delineation. Seductive indeed. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, juicy tannins, layers of pure vanilla-tinged red fruits with a harmonious silky finish that retains freshness and vibrancy. This is yet another lovely Pavie-Macquin. Tasted April 2011. Score: 93 - 95 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 27 April 2011
Gorgeous nose with great complexity. Blackberry, licorice and a steely mineral note. Lots of chalk, nutmeg and violets too. Dense and full-bodied on the palate with a beautiful fruit and a sumptuous fruity finish that just goes on and on. Velvety tannins and layered texture with lots of raw licorice. Drink from 2018. Score: 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2018+ 04 February 2013
This is always an extremely masculine, dense, burly wine, and the 2010, which tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol (just slightly under that of the 2009), has a final blend of 80% Merlot and the rest virtually all Cabernet Franc, with just 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Loads of crushed rock and chalkiness, along with licorice, black truffle, smoked game and black fruits dominate the aromatics and flavor. Backward, formidably endowed, full-bodied and almost atypically massive and huge, with gargantuan extraction, this is a wine for patient connoisseurs to forget about for close to a decade. (95+ Points) Score: 95 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2040+ 01 February 2013
2010: Although not as potent alcoholically as its 2009 counterpart (14.5% in 2010 versus 15% in 2009), the 2010 is still a very big wine. The final blend was 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon and production was slightly more than 3,400 cases. This black/purple-tinged wine exhibits lots of minerality (from this terroir’s clay and limestone soils) as well as the entire spectrum of black fruits. Full-bodied and backward, it’s like drinking crushed limestone/chalk when you taste this intense, tannic, powerful wine. It will require 8-10 years of cellaring and should evolve for 35-40+ years. (96-98+Points) Score: 96 - 98 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011
Sweet ripe blackcurrant. Very sweet fruit but quite marked acidity too. Clashing a bit at the moment, leaving your mouth feeling like you've sucked a boiled sweet. Score: 15 - 16 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2023 10 April 2012
Dark crimson. Something a bit unusual about this. Certainly pure on the nose. And pretty ripe. Very sweet start and then very worked and polished. Chewy end. Oak a bit too much of a feature in this wine! Score: 15 - 16 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2022 14 April 2011
Rich, dense and powerful but extremely well balanced. Huge depth of fruit. Striking freshness. Bags of ripe tannin. Great ageing potential. Score: 18 Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2020-2040 01 April 2011
This is flashy, with overt blueberry, fig and boysenberry aromas and flavors, but plenty of polish and poise too, thanks to alluring incense and licorice notes. There's lots of range and grip. Really beautiful. Score: 95 - 98 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

Tasting Notes

The Pavie-Macquin has wonderful delineation and poise on the nose: raspberry, wild strawberry, crushed stone and a hint of apricot. It is quite modern in style but wonderfully controlled and generous, almost to the point of Burgundian purity. The palate is medium-bodied with super-fine tannins. There are hints of sage and quince infusing the red fruit profile, whilst the finish is silky smooth. It is perhaps just a little sweeter than I envisaged out of barrel? Hopefully it will calm down in bottle.

Score: 93

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 March 2013

The Pavie Macquin has a gorgeous, lifted, opulent bouquet with pure dark berries, boysenberry and dark plums with superb delineation. Seductive indeed. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, juicy tannins, layers of pure vanilla-tinged red fruits with a harmonious silky finish that retains freshness and vibrancy. This is yet another lovely Pavie-Macquin. Tasted April 2011.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 27 April 2011

Gorgeous nose with great complexity. Blackberry, licorice and a steely mineral note. Lots of chalk, nutmeg and violets too. Dense and full-bodied on the palate with a beautiful fruit and a sumptuous fruity finish that just goes on and on. Velvety tannins and layered texture with lots of raw licorice. Drink from 2018.

Score: 95

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2018+ 04 February 2013

This is always an extremely masculine, dense, burly wine, and the 2010, which tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol (just slightly under that of the 2009), has a final blend of 80% Merlot and the rest virtually all Cabernet Franc, with just 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Loads of crushed rock and chalkiness, along with licorice, black truffle, smoked game and black fruits dominate the aromatics and flavor. Backward, formidably endowed, full-bodied and almost atypically massive and huge, with gargantuan extraction, this is a wine for patient connoisseurs to forget about for close to a decade. (95+ Points)

Score: 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2040+ 01 February 2013

2010: Although not as potent alcoholically as its 2009 counterpart (14.5% in 2010 versus 15% in 2009), the 2010 is still a very big wine. The final blend was 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon and production was slightly more than 3,400 cases. This black/purple-tinged wine exhibits lots of minerality (from this terroir’s clay and limestone soils) as well as the entire spectrum of black fruits. Full-bodied and backward, it’s like drinking crushed limestone/chalk when you taste this intense, tannic, powerful wine. It will require 8-10 years of cellaring and should evolve for 35-40+ years. (96-98+Points)

Score: 96 - 98

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011

Sweet ripe blackcurrant. Very sweet fruit but quite marked acidity too. Clashing a bit at the moment, leaving your mouth feeling like you've sucked a boiled sweet.

Score: 15 - 16

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2023 10 April 2012

Dark crimson. Something a bit unusual about this. Certainly pure on the nose. And pretty ripe. Very sweet start and then very worked and polished. Chewy end. Oak a bit too much of a feature in this wine!

Score: 15 - 16

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2022 14 April 2011

Rich, dense and powerful but extremely well balanced. Huge depth of fruit. Striking freshness. Bags of ripe tannin. Great ageing potential.

Score: 18

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2020-2040 01 April 2011

This is flashy, with overt blueberry, fig and boysenberry aromas and flavors, but plenty of polish and poise too, thanks to alluring incense and licorice notes. There's lots of range and grip. Really beautiful.

Score: 95 - 98

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

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