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The 1975 Pavie, coming from the period of ownership of the Valette family, is a vintage that I have only tasted once, back in 2010, when it was not terrible...but not exactly the wine of the week. This bottle is far superior – I am not the only person around the table amazed when its identity was revealed. Noticeable by its wide brick rim, it has a mature nose with Bing cherry, undergrowth and a subtle estuarine influence. As it opens, hints of freshly rolled tobacco emerge. The palate is very well balanced and fresh, not a deep or concentrated wine, notwithstanding that it is 43 years old. But it comes across as so nimble on its toes that you cannot help be smitten by its charms. Are all bottles like this? Perhaps there could be a lot of variation but certainly this attests to the quality of Pavie's terroir in a growing season that did favour the Right Bank. Tasted blind at "Philip's Belated February Christmas Lunch."
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A minor wine in this vintage, the 1975 Pavie exhibits sweet, ripe, lightly concentrated, fruity flavors, medium body, and surprisingly little tannin. A compact little wine, the 1975 Pavie should be drunk up. Anticipated maturity: Now-probably in serious decline. Last tasted, 5/84.
A minor wine in this vintage, the 1975 Pavie exhibits sweet, ripe, lightly concentrated, fruity flavors, medium body, and surprisingly little tannin. A compact little wine, the 1975 Pavie should be drunk up. Anticipated maturity: Now-probably in serious decline. Last tasted, 5/84. Jan 1998, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
The slopes of Château Pavie were planted as far back as the fourth century by the Ancient Romans and it has been a well-known producer in Saint-Émilion since the middle of the 19th century.