CHATEAU PAVIE MACQUIN 2003

Stock#: 97316 MSRP: $149.99  Your Price: $108.25 Please note: all prices listed are net (case price) and not subject to further discounts, unless otherwise noted. All inventory on our website is in REAL-TIME. Please click on the banner to be re-directed to our website if you wish to check on available quantities for each wine listed. Since 1998, Pavie Macquin has produced top notch wines. The 2003 is truly a beastly wine from a different era. It will be fun to taste in 10-15 years. Great stuff! "Minuscule yields of 22 hectoliters per hectare resulted in a prodigious blend of 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. This vineyard’s clay and limestone soils were a perfect antidote for the atypical climatic conditions of June, July, and August, 2003. Consultant Stephane Derenoncourt thinks the 2003 is the finest Pavie-Macquin produced to date, but it has some serious competition from both the 2000 and 1998. The color is an inky/purple/black, and the bouquet offers up scents of scorched earth, creme de cassis, blackberries, English walnuts, lead pencil shavings, and camphor. Extremely powerful, potent, and full-bodied, with enormous richness, a liquid minerality, a massive mid-palate and finish, and huge, but sweet, well-integrated tannin, this is clearly an offering from another era. It may have more in common with the most concentrated wines of 1947, 1945, 1929, or 1900 than more recent vintages. Made for true connoisseurs, the 2003 Pavie-Macquin is best forgotten for 7-10 years. Anticipated maturity: 2013" 94-96 points R. Parker 96 points Wine Spectator (March 2006 issue) Click Here to view all Products in our BORDEAUX Category