2018 Chateau Pavie Macquin, Grand Cru Classe St. Emilion (1 x Magnum)

France Bordeaux St. Emilion

One of the steepest driveways inSt Emilion immediately gives you a sense of how this vineyard is perched on the edge of the limestone plateau, with vines both on the plateau and clinging to the steep slopes where there is a slightly thicker layer of clay over the bedrock. Both things combine to give a wine with a pleasingly slate-rough tingle alongside burstingly ripe damson and blackberries fruits, sun-sweetened and generous. Bitter chocolate shavings run throughout the palate, showing the precision of the winemaking from the Nicolas Thienpont team. I've been lucky enough to taste this wine several times even in the short three years since its arrival, and I'm looking forward to following it for many years to come. An exceptional vintage at Pavie Macquin. 47hl/ha yield

2018 Chateau Pavie Macquin, Grand Cru Classe St. Emilion (1 x Magnum)

One of the steepest driveways inSt Emilion immediately gives you a sense of how this vineyard is perched on the edge of the limestone plateau, with vines both on the plateau and clinging to the steep slopes where there is a slightly thicker layer of clay over the bedrock. Both things combine to give a wine with a pleasingly slate-rough tingle alongside burstingly ripe damson and blackberries fruits, sun-sweetened and generous. Bitter chocolate shavings run throughout the palate, showing the precision of the winemaking from the Nicolas Thienpont team. I've been lucky enough to taste this wine several times even in the short three years since its arrival, and I'm looking forward to following it for many years to come. An exceptional vintage at Pavie Macquin. 47hl/ha yield

France Bordeaux St. Emilion
Producer Chateau Pavie-Macquin
Sub-Region St. Emilion
Region Bordeaux
Country France
Grape Variety Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 2018
Colour Red
ABV 13.50%
Style Medium-Full , Dry

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Inside Bordeaux

One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant fruits that are layered through with bitter black chocolate, espresso, smoked earth and gourmet bioche notes. There is a generosity here that makes it all the more impressive when it switches out of the exuberance into a tighter squeeze of oyster-shell minerality and a tight core of tannins that pulse with electricity. Once again you are reminded of the architecture of Pavie-Macquin, and the ability of clay-limestone to deliver both power and restraint, and to allow for space and breathing room between the tannins. Part of the oustanding vintages series within this vertical. 60% new oak, 47hl/ha yields.

98 Points / Drinking 2027 - 2046

By Jane Anson / January 2022

Inside Bordeaux

One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant fruits that are layered through with bitter black chocolate, espresso, smoked earth and gourmet bioche notes. There is a generosity here that makes it all the more impressive when it switches out of the exuberance into a tighter squeeze of oyster-shell minerality and a tight core of tannins that pulse with electricity. Once again you are reminded of the architecture of Pavie-Macquin, and the ability of clay-limestone to deliver both power and restraint, and to allow for space and breathing room between the tannins. Part of the oustanding vintages series within this vertical. 60% new oak, 47hl/ha yields.

98 Points / Drinking 2027 - 2046

By Jane Anson / January 2022

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Pavie Macquin is deep garnet-purple colored and a little closed to begin, slowly revealing subtle notions of dark chocolate, candied violets and rose hip tea over a core of plum preserves, blueberry compote and cherry coulis plus wafts of woodsmoke and crushed stones. Full-bodied, the palate has a seriously impressive structure of ripe, firm, velvety tannins and bold freshness carrying off all that rich black fruit, finishing very long and mineral laced.

95-97 Points

By Lisa Perrotti-Brown / April 2019

Vinous

The 2018 Pavie Macquin is terrific. Ample, creamy and flamboyant, Pavie Macquin possesses extraordinary richness and intensity. Super-ripe dark cherry, raspberry, chocolate, spice, new leather, lavender and violets build in a wine of real pedigree. To be sure, Pavie Macquin is a big wine that is going to need a number of years in bottle to be at its best. The flamboyant style may not appeal to every palate. Today, the new oak is a bit imposing, but élevage should take care of that. Tasted three times.

92-95 Points

By Antonio Galloni / April 2019

Vinous

The 2018 Pavie-Macquin is another wine in this range that is more about elegance and power, even though there is plenty of the textural richness the château's fans have come to expect. In some ways, it reminds me of the 2001, especially in its aromatic profile. Rose petal, lavender, crème de cassis and mint give the 2018 striking inner perfume. A wine of exceptional balance and pedigree, the 2018 is simply fabulous today.

92-95 Points

By Antonio Galloni / May 2020

Vinous

The 2018 Pavie Macquin is voluptuous and exotic to the core. Super-ripe black cherry, plum, mocha, espresso, licorice and chocolate all race out of the glass. Pliant, supple and silky, the 2018 is lights out. This is an especially heady, flamboyant style, so readers should be prepared for a pretty intense Saint-Émilion. That said, the new oak has now integrated quite nicely.

95 Points / Drinking 2028 - 2058

By Antonio Galloni / March 2021

Vinous

The 2018 Pavie Macquin was cropped at 47hL/ha from 20 September until the 12 October. This distinctly has a more ravishing and opulent bouquet compared to Larcis Ducasse, although I find it does not convey the same degree of mineral drive. It does settle down nicely in the glass and evolves subtle rose petal and blood orange aromas. The palate is medium-bodied saturated, velvety tannins matched with pitch-perfect acidity. There is freshness from start to finish here with a sense of vibrancy towards the finish as good as anything you will find in the appellation. Outstanding.

95-97 Points / Drinking 2025 - 2050

By Neal Martin / November 2019

Vinous

The 2018 Pavie Macquin was impressive out of barrel. It has retained its opulent bouquet, perhaps becoming even more luxuriant and plush, offering copious black cherries, cassis and violet aromas and hints of vanilla pod and iodine in the background. The palate is where this really impresses, because its opulence is effortlessly counterbalanced by a bead of acidity that imparts freshness and tension. This is a multilayered Pavie-Macquin endowed with tremendous length on the aftertaste. Even after 60 seconds I can still feel this Saint-Émilion lapping upon my senses. Superb.

96 Points / Drinking 2025 - 2050

By Neal Martin / March 2021