Chateau Pavie Decesse 1990

WINE SPECTATOR: "Big and chunky, offering loads of strawberry, earth, toasted oak and mint aromas and flavors. Has superb, velvety tannins and a long finish. Drink after 1997. 4,500 cases made."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 1990 offers powerful aromas of sweet fruit, minerals, chocolate, and herbs that are followed by a low acid wine with a huge, chewy texture, gobs of tannin, and plenty of extract and depth. This is an exceptionally powerful wine that should prove to be sensational. Anticipated maturity: 1997-2010."