Chateau Pavie Macquin 2005

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: 97 THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "The nose explodes with truffle, smoke, licorice, blackberry, plum and wet earth. Full bodied, silky and intense, this silky, smooth wine lingers and expands on your palate making a really nice impression on all your senses. Still young, there is so much fruit and lush textures going on, this is a treat to taste today. If you have patience, it’s only going to get better and better from here!"

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Inky bluish/purple in color, Pavie Macquin produced a prodigious effort from St.-Emilion in 2005. Its crushed, chalky rock minerality, massive body, and high tannin make for a wine to forget for another decade. Super-loaded, concentrated and powerful, this wine should turn out great, but patience will be required. The blackberry and cassis fruit are there in abundance, but so is a massive structure. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035."

WINE SPECTATOR: "Bright and fresh, with raspberry, blackberry and black currant fruit still showing vibrancy, while a racy mineral edge and mouthwatering acidity course underneath. Flashes of anise, apple wood and black tea chime throughout. Integrated and melded now, but still quite primary. A wine of precision.—Blind ´01/´03/´05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Drink now through 2035. 4,147 cases made."

WEINWISSER: "Sehr dunkles, tiefes Purpur-Violett. Konzentriertes Nasenbild, dunkle Rosen, Cassis, Brombeeren und Lakritze, würzig und tief. Stoffig, sehr konzentriert auch am Gaumen, satt im Extrakt, blaubeerig bleibend, tolle, lange Aromatik im Finale, kann noch einen Punkt zulegen. Der beste Wein in der neueren Geschichte des sehr zuverlässigen Gutes."