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. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035.
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider 97 Points
Tasted: Sep 2023
It took 1 hour of air before the layers of floral accented, luscious, silky plums, licorice, cocoa, and blue fruits were in full force and hitting their stride. The wine is powerful, elegant, fresh, opulent and silky. This is fabulous now, but either wait a bit, or give it an hour of air, and it is really going to sing. Drink from 2023-2045.