New Release: 2025 Chateau Pavie, “Sensational”, 97-99 Points (LPB)
Today sees the release of a Bordeaux big hitter, Chateau Pavie of St Emilion. The 2025 is a fantastic Pavie in the making that, with a slew of big scores from the critics, looks set to see strong demand among its loyal fanbase.
A powerful St Emilion from one of Bordeaux’s finest terroirs, Chateau Pavie roared back into form thanks to massive inward investment from the Perse family in the 1990s. This investment continues to pay dividends in the form of great wines, year after year and one of the most ardent followings of any wine in Bordeaux.
The critics have clearly been impressed by this 2025. For Lisa Perrotti-Brown “the full-bodied palate shimmers with fantastically dense yet vibrant black and red fruit layers”, while Antonio Galloni calls it “a total stunner, what a wine”. Jane Anson calls it “brilliant”.
2025 Chateau Pavie
97-99 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Pavie slowly unfurls to reveal a wonderfully evocative perfume of kirsch, black raspberries, fresh plums, and lilacs, giving way to hints of pencil shavings, wild sage, and crushed rocks. The full-bodied palate shimmers with fantastically dense yet vibrant black and red fruit layers, framed by beautifully ripe, firm, grainy tannins and amazing tension, finishing long with a myriad of mineral and floral sparkles. Sensational. The blend is 30% Merlot, 60% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon—the highest proportion of Cabernet Franc ever for Pavie. The alcohol is 14.34% and the pH is 3.58. Drink 2031-2060.
96-98 points Antonio Galloni
The 2025 Pavie is a total stunner. What a wine. Rich and dazzling in its intensity, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Inky dark red/purplish fruit, exotic spice, mocha, espresso and pomegranate literally stain the palate. The 2025 is going to require the better part of a decade to unwind, but it has a ton of potential and a very bright future. This is the first time Cabernet Franc is the dominant variety in the Grand Vin. The 2025 has plenty of the textural intensity readers have come to expect, but with less of the heavy extraction that marked the earlier years.
98 points Jane Anson
Fragrant apple blossom, iris and violet flowers on the nose, brings its A-game from the first moments; coupling bright greengage plums, rose stems, and an intense grip of slate, with creamier blackberries, damson and creme patissiere. A ton of grip and length, this is in it for the long game, with pulses of oyster shell minerality to close things out. Brilliant. Here they did 8 weeks maceration, longer than most, but they felt that the wines needed a little longer to fill out through the mid palate, and for sure this is showing exceptional expansion and tension. Harvest September 15 to 29, first time in the Perse era that this has been entirely in September – and the final vintage under Gerard Perse. Pavie Decesse and Bellevue Mondot are now included in the main wine, bringing their limestone soils to the blend, and this is the highest amount of Cabernet to date. 21hl/ha yield, 3.58ph.
Offered subject to final confirmation. Available in 2028.
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