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2005 Pavie Macquin, St-Emilion

2005 Pavie Macquin, St-Emilion

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98JD
96RP
96WS
95ST
94VN
94W&S
94WE
$189.99

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98

Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed April 2024
Tasting like the essence of Merlot, the inky hued 2005 Château Pavie Macquin offers a beautiful yet still youthful nose of ripe black cherries, blueberries, smoked meats, iron, and an incredible, white truffle like character, which I always associate with limestone terroirs (which is exactly what this is.) With full-bodied richness, a deep, layered mouthfeel, ample mid-palate depth, and ultra-fine tannins, this is killer Saint-Emilion that will be a 40- to 50-year wine.

Professional Reviews

96

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 06/2015
Inky bluish/purple in color, Pavie Macquin produced a prodigious effort from St.-Emilion in 2005. Its crushed, chalky rock minerality, massive body, and high tannin make for a wine to forget for another decade. Super-loaded, concentrated and powerful, this wine should turn out great, but patience will be required. The blackberry and cassis fruit are there in abundance, but so is a massive structure. (RP) 96+

96

Wine Spectator

Bright and fresh, with raspberry, blackberry and black currant fruit still showing vibrancy, while a racy mineral edge and mouthwatering acidity course underneath. Flashes of anise, apple wood and black tea chime throughout. Integrated and melded now, but still quite primary. A wine of precision. (JM, Web-2018)

95

Int'l Wine Cellar

Review Date: 05/2008
Bright ruby-red. Superripe, perfumed nose dominated by griotte cherry, raspberry and cocoa. Lush, smooth and impressively concentrated, with enough acidity and minerality to leaven the wine's almost port-like ripeness (the pH here, always low, is barely 3.55 in 2005, according to Nicolas Thienpont). Very deep flavors of sweet cherry and dark berries carry through on the mounting, palate-saturating finish. A massive example of Pavie-Macquin whose thick coat of baby fat is currently making the wine hard to view. (ST)

Notes

95+ points, Ian D'Agata - Vinous: "Fully saturated deep ruby-red. Brooding aromas of cassis, plum, violet, minerals and aromatic herbs hint at knockout depth and purity. Dense, rich and multi-layered, showing great precision and a seamless texture to the painfully young blackberry, cassis, truffle and mineral flavors. Finishes rich, pure and long, with hints of cocoa and balsamic vinegar. This Pavie Macquin is developing at a snail's pace. The product of a very gentle extraction and a longer cuvaison than usual, this is an absolutely memorable, outstanding wine." (03/2014)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalMerlot
OriginSaint Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1049188
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