2024 Pavie Macquin

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Up on the limestone plateau of St Emilion, the whole game in 2024 has been how to handle the austerity without rendering things too tight. Here they have got the balance right - delicate, sappy, drawn out, vivid blackberry and cassis fruits with hidden density, nothing overt but plenty of power and grip. 3.3ph, harvest 3 to 8 October. 42 hl/ha, touch of saignée. Harvesting entirely in October, from 3 to 8, Stéphane Derenoncourt consultant with Nicolas Thienpont.
94/100 Jane Anson

(Saint-Émilion; 84% Merlot; 15% Cabernet Franc; 1% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 42 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted twice, first at the UGC press tasting at the Cité du Vin). This has parted company stylistically from Larcis Ducasse over the past couple of years and here I find it at first one of the oakier of the samples, though that oak is just in the process of folding into the deep, dark richness of the mid-palate. Black cherry and damson, a little blueberry. Walnut and toasted almond, frangipane. Bold, rich and naturally sweet with plenty of spice bringing interest. Broad-framed with the fruit a little more stretched than in sunnier, fuller vintages. Never forced but the tannins I find just a little stern on the finish.
91-93/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. After a swirl or two, notes of raspberry coulis, kirsch, and Chinese five spice sail out of the glass, giving way to fragrant hints of dried roses, sandalwood, and pipe tobacco. The light to medium-bodied palate delivers electric intensity with great tension and fine-grained tannins to balance, finishing long and perfumed. Very pretty!
93-95/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent