Château Pavie Macquin 2021 – Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, well-managed, elegant and reveals a certain racy but controlled power, a nice attention to detail, harmony, a nice finesse as well as a certain power of grain. There are notes of bright boysenberry, pulpy/crushed dark berries with hints of camphor, crushed strawberry, blue berry, discrete hints of star anise, lily, Madagascar pepper, Bourbon vanilla and a discreet hint of almost sweet spice and a subtle hint of sweet tobacco. The palate is fruity, elegant, racy, balanced, sapid and reveals juiciness, acidity, minerality, good definition, dynamism, fine density, a certain gourmandize, precision, purity (of fruit) and a little tension. On the palate this wine expresses juicy/pulpy blackberry, bright blackcurrant and more lightly bright blue berry notes combined with hints of star anise, fresh lily/blueberry, hints of Bourbon vanilla, a discreet hint of sweet spice, toasted hazelnut as well as a subtle hint of sweet tobacco and an imperceptible hint of almost blood orange in the background. Good length and persistence. Nice acidity and sapidity on the finish/persistence. Elegance, noblesse, purity and classicism!