Chateau Pavie-Decesse 2007

Classification
Type	Rouge
Marque	Chateau Pavie-Decesse
Millésime	2007
Pays	France
Région	Bordeaux, St. Emilion
Raisin	Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Bordeaux Blend
Alcohol %	14%
Volume
État	Parfait
Étiquette	Parfait
Consommable	2012-2030
Stock	23

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Robert Parker (93)

Gerard Perse’s tiny vineyard was cropped at 26 hectoliters per hectare, and the final blend was 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc (14.5% alcohol). It boasts great intensity, a dense purple color, and beautiful aromas of sweet mulberries, black cherries, cedar, crushed rocks, and white chocolate as well as a chalky character (which gives the wine superb minerality). The wine is expansively flavored, and the tannins are remarkably sweet and well-integrated. An atypical blockbuster for the 2007 vintage, it should drink beautifully for 15-20 years.

Vinous (92)

Good deep ruby. Blackberry, minerals, violet pastille, licorice and pepper on the nose, along with a rocky quality characteristic of this calcaire-rich site. Juicy and very intense but youthfully imploded, with a restrained sweetness and terrific precision and grip to the mineral and crushed cassis flavors. Finishes firmly tannic and very long, with terrific energy. This should evolve slowly.

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