2005 Chateau Pavie Macquin Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1×1.5L

Vinous 94

The 2005 Pavie Macquin opens with a burst of sweet red cherry/red plum fruit. Cedar, sweet pipe tobacco, mint, spicecake and dried flowers add layers of nuance. Even with all of its luscious fruit, the tannins remain pretty imposing. The 2005 needs a good bit of aeration to be at its best. I don’t find 2005 to be an especially distinguished vintage for Pavie Macquin. [Antonio Galloni, 15/04/2021]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2030

Robert Parker 96+

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. [Robert M. Parker, Jr., 22/06/2015]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035