2024, Château Pavie, SAINT-ÉMILION, 1er Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon.

Gérard Perse has created a modern winery of marble, stainless steel and new oak barrels and, with very low yields, and a magnificently situated vineyard on the south-facing slopes of St Emilion. 2024 is a blend of 51% merlot, 32% cabernet franc and 17% cabernet sauvignon. 

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.
95-96 James Suckling

 Smooth and vibrant, this is assured. Finessed tannins, slick and suave with ripe fruit. 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. 65% new oak.
95 Georgina Hindle, Decanter.

Deep garnet-purple coloured. Ready-to-go notes of red currant jelly, fresh black plums, and boysenberries, plus suggestions of tilled soil, cardamom, black olives, and lavender oil. Medium-bodied, the palate is tightly wound with intense red and black berry layers, supported by firm, fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and minerally. Pure energy.
95-97 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

There is no better way to discover the power of the Pavie terroir than to see how it has peformed in 2024 - a naturally cooler and slimmer vintage, and yet you still have a wine here that has depth, energy, intensity and concentration, squid ink, fennel, oyster shell salinity. The fruit is sappy, for sure a brighter and slimmer version of Pavie, but still unmistakeable estate signature.
94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.