1982 Château Pavie
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The 1982 Pavie is a wine that I tasted just over a year ago. This example has that rustic nose, perhaps burdened with more Brettanomyces than the previous one, light minty scents mixed with pencil shavings emerging after five minutes. The palate is medium-bodied with coarse tannins, this bottle slightly acetic, stumbling toward a rather dilute and, here, animally finish. Drink up. Tasted at 67 Pall Mall at Chelsea Vintners' The Complete Bordeaux Vintage Guide dinner.
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The 1982 Pavie has a rustic nose with melted tar piercing the black earthy fruit, mulberry and pencil shavings emerging with time. The palate is well-balanced yet simpler than say, the 1978 Pavie opened a few weeks earlier. Clean yet a little static in style, it cannot compete with the 1982 Magdelaine poured in tandem and it suffers from a lack of acidity and a bit of dilution (high yields?) on the finish. Drink soon. Tasted at the 1982 Dinner at Hatched.
This fully mature 1982 displays a weedy, herbaceous character interwoven with notions of earth, fruitcake, cherry jam, and spice box. Representative of the old style Pavies, it is moderately endowed, with ripe tannin, but not a great deal of concentration. It needs to be consumed over the next 2-4 years. Release price: ($150.00/case)
Very, very deep, blackish crimson. Dusty. Scented. Correct. Gentle, but quite a bit of vigorous tannins at the end. Quite surprisingly chewy. (JR)
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.