2004 Pavie

This is a solid and chewy 2004 with chocolate, dark-berry and cedar character. Full body. Juicy. Drying slightly now. Drink up.

A real sleeper effort from the Perse family, the 2004 Pavie has a dense, bluish purple color and a wonderful, sweet kiss of blackberry, licorice, spice box and roasted herbs. The wine is rich, deep, full-bodied and absolutely remarkable for the vintage. This is certainly a candidate for one of the wines of the year and seems still relatively youthful and promising. Drink it over the next 20 years.

Dark lustrous crimson. Sweet and concentrated nose. Some oaky spiciness on the nose and then painfully concentrated so that the tannins dominate the fruit. Shame because the raw materials were probably rather good. Inky. (JR)