Château Pavie 2024 en primeur

Floral aromatics and dark fruits with liquorice, cola and clove aspects - almost seductive. Smooth and vibrant, this is assured despite being quite tight and a touch austere at this point. You can feel the tension and the direction but you can't fault the detail and the definition. Finessed tannins, slick and suave with ripe fruit but at the moment this is all in one line, direct and a little strict. Amazingly perfumed. Less accessible now with real bite and tang of limestone, liquorice and clove, although this carries the Pavie signature and is built for the long haul. I really like the work they're doing here and this is a success in 2024. A yield of 24.07hl/ha. Ageing 65% new oak, 35% one fill. Optical sorting. 3.69pH.

La concentration des raisins, couplée au terroir, permet une extraction optimale des tannins et des arômes, créant ainsi une matière soyeuse et une structure digne de ce nom. Grande élégance et dimension aromatique poivrée, avec des arômes puissants de cassis et de cèdre.

Based on 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2024 Château Pavie is still aging in 65% new barrels. It's tight and focused at this stage, with medium-bodied aromas and flavors of black raspberries, juicy cassis, graphite, violets, and crushed stone. I love its overall purity. It has beautiful tannins, a layered, elegant mouthfeel, and a great finish. It plays in the fresher, more focused style of the vintage, yet still brings classic Pavie texture, depth, and richness.

A very precise Pavie, this has a compacted palate of blue fruit as well as raspberries and hints of sandalwood. Medium-bodied with a tight, linear finish. Racy and fresh at the end. A blend of 51% merlot, 32% cabernet franc and 17% cabernet sauvignon.

Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate edge brightening. Fine ripe heart cherry, a hint of cassis and plum, delicate notes of nougat and wood, a hint of orange zest underneath. Powerful, tightly meshed, ripe fruit, fine acidity, mineral, remains persistent, chalky nuances on the finish, sure maturity and certain ageing potential.