2004 Château Pavie-Decesse 750ml
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Emerging from pure limestone soils located just above Château Pavie, the 2004 Saint-Emilion offers up a classic Saint-Emilion bouquet of red and black currants, white truffle, tobacco, spring flowers, and obvious minerality. Beautifully balanced, full-bodied, and concentrated, it still has an undeniable sense of elegance and finesse, especially in its tannins. It's certainly mature and I don't see a huge upside to any additional cellaring, but it's going to continue evolving for another 15 years from cold cellars.
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Toasty sweet struck-match nose. Dark and savoury on the palate – as if it still need to take off its heavy overcoat to move more freely. Hard to see if it is just still very young or rather hard. Definitely needs longer than most. Heavy bottle. (JH)
This small estate owned by Chantal and Gerard Perse (9 plus acres planted with 43-year-old vines) is composed of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. In 2004, yields were a low 28-30 hectoliters per hectare, resulting in 400 cases being produced. The dense ruby/purple-colored 2004 offers smoky creme de cassis, kirsch liqueur, crushed rock, and spring flower aromas. Opulent, flamboyant, rich, dense, and lavishly endowed, it possesses enough fruit and glycerin to nearly conceal its elevated tannin. This wine should be at its finest between 2012-2025.