Chateau Pavie Decesse 2021

JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2021 Château Pavie Decesse is another balanced, deep, rich wine in the lineup. Giving up lots of cassis and black raspberry fruits, notes of violets, spring flowers, and chalky minerality, medium to full body, and a great finish, it has good overall freshness, ripe tannins, and a great finish."

JAMES SUCKLING: "A tight and focused red with blackberry, black-olive and white-pepper character. It’s medium-to full-bodied with a racy structure and fine yet slightly chewy tannins. Energetic."

WEINWISSER: "88 % Merlot, 12 % Cabernet Franc, 33.60 hl/ha, 14.19 Vol.-%. Intensives blaubeeriges Bouquet, eingekochte Zwetschge, Lakritze gepaart mit dunkler Mineralik und Veilchen. Am molligen Gaumen straff, weiche Textur, tief, sandiges Extrakt, nervige Rasse und engmaschiges Tanningerüst. Im konzentrierten komplexen Finale Heidelbeere, Wacholder, Orangenzesten und dunkle Mineralik, langes Rückaroma."

DECANTER: "Sweet and juicy black fruit notes, smells so aromatic and welcoming with crushed stone, liquorice, milk chocolate, blackcurrant and spearmint aromas. Good dose of concentrated flavour to begin with, deep and rich, not in weight but in nuance with blackcurrant, seductive cherry, strawberry and bramble notes too. It has that soft, bitter stalkiness from the old-vine Merlot, giving edges to the palate and a dash of heat on the tongue. The texture is smooth and velvety, tannins are softly grippy but well integrated and this has sophistication. It really shows its terroir in terms of minerality as well as overall crafting. A slightly more extracted version from the vintage but it does have freshness and limestone markers."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, tiefer Kern, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Frische Pflaumen, ein Hauch von schwarzen Herzkirschen, frische Orangenzesten, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, süße rote Waldbeeren, feine Tannine, frisch und mit gute Mineralik ausgestattet, bereits gut entwickelt, ein lebendiger Speisenbegleiter."