Chateau Pavie 2012

Herkunftsland: Frankreich
Region: Bordeaux
Anbaugebiet: Saint-Emilion
Rebsorten: 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc,15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Rebenalter: 45 Jahre
Klassifizierung: 1er Grand Cru Classé A
Trinkreife: 2023 bis 2060
Der Jahrgang 2012 markiert die Geschichte des Weinguts, da es sich um den ersten Jahrgang als „Premier Grand Cru Classé A“ eingestuft wurde. Zu diesem Anlass werden die Flaschen mit einer einzigartigen Verpackung in Schwarz und Silber versehen.
Jeb Dunnuck bewertete (06/2020) Château Pavie 2012 wie folgt: „Bottled under a black label to celebrate Pavie’s addition to the Grand Cru Classé “A” classification, the 2012 Chateau Pavie is a brilliant wine, and readers with bottles in their cellars are in for a treat. From a bottle purchased in the US, this deep purple-hued beauty takes plenty of air (it showed best the day after opening) to show at its best yet offers incredible notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, graphite, leafy herbs, violets, and background oak. Rich, full-bodied, and powerful, it nevertheless has incredible elegance and purity, with loads of silky tannins, terrific freshness, and a blockbuster finish. I continue to believe 2012 was a great, great vintage for the Right Bank, and this just adds fuel to the fire. This beauty is approachable today yet will mostly likely merit a triple-digit rating in 5-7 years and will keep for 30-40 years, given its impeccable balance and depth of fruit.“- 98+ Punkte
Robert Parker bewertete (04/2015) Château Pavie 2012 wie folgt: „The 2012 Pavie celebrates its reclassification and upgrade to Class A St.-Emilion by sporting a new black label with gold print. Fortunately, every Pavie has benefitted since Perse began a complete makeover of this estate in 1998. From 47-year-old vines, the 2012 has an inky purple color, judicious toasty oak in the nose interwoven with copious blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, Christmas spices, as well as licorice and graphite. Full-bodied, rich and moderately tannic, it will require 5-7 years of bottle age but should drink well for 20-30 years. Kudos to Chantal and Gerard Perse for their extraordinary commitment to quality, which is so evident in this more challenging vintage than some of the great years like 2009 and 2010. Very low yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare were obtained from this 92-acre estate.“- 95 Punkte
James Suckling bewertete (02/2015) Château Pavie 2012 wie folgt: „This shows incredible depth and density for the vintage with dark berry, dark chocolate, spice and chalk character. Full body, firm and velvety tannins and a long and powerful finish. Needs five or six years to soften. Try in 2020.“ – 96 Punkte