Château Pavie Macquin

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend

9.127 ratings
9.21 pro ratings
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Dina Val

Black truffle. Mushroom. Leather. Minerality Limestone. Each wine has a moment. This one people usually either love or don’t love.

Black truffle. Mushroom. Leather. Minerality Limestone. Each wine has a moment. This one people usually either love or don’t love.

Sep 29th, 2019
Janette Wilhite

Delicious light cherry that lingers on the tongue nicely...

Delicious light cherry that lingers on the tongue nicely...

Mar 24th, 2018
Janette Wilhite

Deep purple with a ripeness. Going to see how this opens. More to follow!

Deep purple with a ripeness. Going to see how this opens. More to follow!

Mar 27th, 2016
Eng Ooi

Softer and beautiful to drink now

Softer and beautiful to drink now

Jan 17th, 2016
Rajiv Ayyangar

Beautiful nose. Firing on all cylinders. Chocolate and cassis, hint of brett integrated with new oak. On the palate, soft, rather mature. Very rounded and integrated. this has aged gracefully and is really delivering for me.

Beautiful nose. Firing on all cylinders. Chocolate and cassis, hint of brett integrated with new oak. On the palate, soft, rather mature. Very rounded and integrated. this has aged gracefully and is really delivering for me.

Dec 27th, 2015
Rajiv Ayyangar

1995. Medium garnet in the glass, this had a beautiful nose of sweet tobacco, brown liquorice in the sun, light tones of stewed savory bell pepper, concentrated notes of black raspberry liqueur, and an underlying tamari savoriness (very light, not at the level that I get on Musar). It’s the next day and I’m still getting flashbacks.
In the mouth it felt a bit short. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium acid, definitely plusher than Leoville Barton (both due to youth and probably because this is Right Bank / merlot based vs. Left Bank / cab based). Think a light fur coat. The finish is mostly acid and tannins though. Mostly I smelled this.

LM and BD shared their experience and put this wine into context: This is a solid example but will get better in 5-10 years. Still a bit young to their taste.

Score: Between 9 and 9.5. Despite the promise of improving with age, I was so stoked on this that I will probably drink my other bottle soon-ish. As in tonight. As in I might be drinking it right now.

Vineyard: 80% merlot, 18% cab franc, 2% cab

1995. Medium garnet in the glass, this had a beautiful nose of sweet tobacco, brown liquorice in the sun, light tones of stewed savory bell pepper, concentrated notes of black raspberry liqueur, and an underlying tamari savoriness (very light, not at the level that I get on Musar). It’s the next day and I’m still getting flashbacks.
In the mouth it felt a bit short. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium acid, definitely plusher than Leoville Barton (both due to youth and probably because this is Right Bank / merlot based vs. Left Bank / cab based). Think a light fur coat. The finish is mostly acid and tannins though. Mostly I smelled this.

LM and BD shared their experience and put this wine into context: This is a solid example but will get better in 5-10 years. Still a bit young to their taste.

Score: Between 9 and 9.5. Despite the promise of improving with age, I was so stoked on this that I will probably drink my other bottle soon-ish. As in tonight. As in I might be drinking it right now.

Vineyard: 80% merlot, 18% cab franc, 2% cab

Feb 28th, 2015
James Gleitman

Pretty amazing 1995 bourdeaux

Pretty amazing 1995 bourdeaux

Jan 17th, 2015
Hans van Schijndel

My favourite!

My favourite!

Dec 25th, 2014
Kristine Mooney

Rt Bank Bordeaux. Musty shroom dirt
Structure was med across the board

Rt Bank Bordeaux. Musty shroom dirt
Structure was med across the board

Oct 13th, 2014
Chris Paldino

Enjoying the 1995. Full but smooth.

Enjoying the 1995. Full but smooth.

Oct 3rd, 2014