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2004 Pavie

By Chateau Pavie

The 2004 Pavie from Chateau Pavie, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux

It is with a seasoned palate and invigorated senses that one engages with the 2004 Pavie from Chateau Pavie. This fine Bordeaux blend, an emblem of the prestigious Saint-Emilion terroir, offers a tapestry of complexity to those fortunate enough to encounter its depth. The vintage stands out in the lineage of Chateau Pavie's illustrious creations, distinct in character from its temporal kin.

 

Understanding the Unique Vintage

The harvest year of 2004 saw Bordeaux vineyards breathe a sigh of relief following the scorching extremities of 2003. Nature’s moderation was mirrored in the balance found within this bottle—a confluence of conditions chiselling out a nuanced layering often pursued by investors and connoisseurs alike. The vintage was marked by a temperate summer, graceful in its restraint, which engendered a slower maturation of the fruit and an admirable synthesis of tannins and acidity.

 

Nuances on the Palate

The 2004 Pavie reveals a medley of aromatic precision—a core feature distinguishing Chateau Pavie from others in its appellation. With a bouquet flushed with ripe figs and a spine of cedar, it couriers one into an opulent realm. The palate is courted by plum and hints of mocha, layered over a finely stitched fabric of tertiary notes hinting at tobacco and truffle, now emerging with age.

This expression from Chateau Pavie, marrying resilience with refinement, represents a strategic opportunity for fine wine investment. While other vintages may boast more immediate flamboyance or deeper wells of concentration, the 2004 stands as testament to the symphony wrought by maturation—an enticement to those who favour Bordeaux's subtle evolutions.

In summing up, it is the equilibrium and evolving grace that set apart the 2004 Pavie in the grand catalogue of Chateau Pavie's offerings. It stands as a seductive ambassador for its year—a vintage for which patience rewards those who have invested both their palettes and portfolios.

Current market price

$4,030.00

12x75cl

Highest score

95

POP score

161.33

Scores and tasting notes

95+

A brilliant effort from proprietors Chantal and Gerard Perse, Pavie’s 2004 (7,050 cases) exhibits an inky/ruby/purple color, a surprisingly soft, forward style for this hallowed terroir, full-bodied, and concentrated creme de cassis flavors intermixed with cherries, truffles, and subtle smoky wood notes. Beautifully-textured as well as expansive, this may be the most developed and forward Pavie made by Perse since his acquisition of the property in 1998. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2025+.

Robert Parker Jr - Wine Advocate #171 June 2007

94

A real sleeper effort from the Perse family, the 2004 Pavie has a dense, bluish purple color and a wonderful, sweet kiss of blackberry, licorice, spice box and roasted herbs. The wine is rich, deep, full-bodied and absolutely remarkable for the vintage. This is certainly a candidate for one of the wines of the year and seems still relatively youthful and promising. Drink it over the next 20 years.

Robert Parker Jr - The Wine Advocate, 27 August 2015

91

Tasted at the Fine Wine Experience’s Pavie vertical. The Pavie ’04 has a gorgeous bouquet that is showing much better definition than the 2003. Very pure with luscious blackberry, date, liquorice and cassis aromas that soar from the glass. Very well balanced on the palate with a slight hardness on the tannins, but there is good acidity here, very dense to the point of being almost foursquare on the finish that lacks some complexity and has a brutish quality that is distracting at the moment. Tasted June 2010.

Neal Martin - Wine Journal Sep 2011

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