Château Pavie 2025
St-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£936.00
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| Style: Red | Packaging: |
| ABV: 14.3% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2055 |
| Grapes: 60% Cabernet Franc; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 30% Merlot | |
Critic scores
92-95 NM, 96-98 AG, 96-98 JD, 97-99 LPB, 98 JA, 96 DC, 97-99 JL, 96-98 DB
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Pavie was picked at just 21 hl/ha, the lowest ever, plus this is the first vintage with 60% Cabernet Franc from plantings in the 2000s. Matured in 65% new oak, the aromatics are far superior, more cohesive and purer than the Arômes cuvée. Still very plush and luxuriant, it has that purity, although it needs more delineation and terroir expression to come through. The palate is actually better than the nose and I appreciate the contribution that the Cabernet Franc makes in this wine, delivering fine structure and tension that I believe you would not have obtained if there were higher Merlot. Satisfying precision on the finish, this feels long in the mouth with cracked black pepper on the aftertaste. It is a different take on Pavie due to the different blend and if the aromatics can gain more complexity and nuance, then it could be an interesting proposition once in bottle."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Pavie is a total stunner. What a wine. Rich and dazzling in its intensity, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Inky dark red/purplish fruit, exotic spice, mocha, espresso and pomegranate literally stain the palate. The 2025 is going to require the better part of a decade to unwind, but it has a ton of potential and a very bright future. This is the first time Cabernet Franc is the dominant variety in the Grand Vin. The 2025 has plenty of the textural intensity readers have come to expect, but with less of the heavy extraction that marked the earlier years."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The first time this château has included this much Cabernet Franc in the blend, the 2025 Château Pavie sports a saturated purple hue as well as a pure, focused bouquet of crème de cassis and assorted blue fruits intermixed with graphite, violets, leafy herbs, and freshly sharpened pencil notes. It's a different beast from the classic Pavie style, with a more focused, straight mouthfeel, building yet beautiful tannins, and a layered, seamless texture on the palate. It might miss a touch of the classic Pavie sexiness, but it's incredibly impressive, balanced, and remarkably long. Hitting 14.34% alcohol with a pH of 3.58, this Saint-Émilion was harvested between September 15th and 26th."
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"Fragrant apple blossom, iris and violet flowers on the nose, brings its A-game from the first moments; coupling bright greengage plums, rose stems, and an intense grip of slate, with creamier blackberries, damson and creme patissiere. A ton of grip and length, this is in it for the long game, with pulses of oyster shell minerality to close things out. Brilliant. Here they did 8 weeks maceration, longer than most, but they felt that the wines needed a little longer to fill out through the mid palate, and for sure this is showing exceptional expansion and tension. Harvest September 15 to 29, first time in the Perse era that this has been entirely in September - and the final vintage under Gerard Perse. Pavie Decesse and Bellevue Mondot are now included in the main wine, bringing their limestone soils to the blend, and this is the highest amount of Cabernet to date. 21hl/ha yield, 3.58ph."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Intensely fragrant nose, full of black fruit, chocolate, perfumed violets and cassis. Heady and concentrated. Ripe and fleshy fruit on the palate, the tannins have a really chewy aspect that fills the mouth with texture and grip but with a vein of cooling acidity through the middle. Ends soft and cool, with a long minty, liquorice core. Chewy, fleshy, but cool, I quite like the upfront nature, it’s filling and wide but not overly intrusive or dry. Cool blue fruits and a long slightly chalky powdery finish. All the makings of a great Pavie and feels hands off for what It could have been. 3.58pH. A yield of 21hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Émilion; 60% Cabernet Franc; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 30% Merlot; a final yield of 21 hl/ha; pH 3.58; 14.34% alcohol; tasted at the property). The first vintage really to use all of the Cabernet Franc planted by Gerard Perse. Immediately striking in its Cabernet signature, with lovely floral notes and blueberries the first to identify themselves alongside the more familiar black cherry notes. There's graphite and fresh pencil-shavings too, with just a hint of the cedar to come. Lilac, cornflowers and a little rose petal and mimosa. It's lovely to find such delicate notes in a young Pavie. Ample, supple, full and intensely layered - more cashmere in texture than its more customary velour, and with more clarity and lift. I really see now the direction of travel here. Perhaps the most aerial recent vintage of Pavie, but still very true to its identity and to its exceptional and unique terroir."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Pavie is a total stunner. What a wine. Rich and dazzling in its intensity, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Inky dark red/purplish fruit, exotic spice, mocha, espresso and pomegranate literally stain the palate. The 2025 is going to require the better part of a decade to unwind, but it has a ton of potential and a very bright future. This is the first time Cabernet Franc is the dominant variety in the Grand Vin. The 2025 has plenty of the textural intensity readers have come to expect, but with less of the heavy extraction that marked the earlier years."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The first time this château has included this much Cabernet Franc in the blend, the 2025 Château Pavie sports a saturated purple hue as well as a pure, focused bouquet of crème de cassis and assorted blue fruits intermixed with graphite, violets, leafy herbs, and freshly sharpened pencil notes. It's a different beast from the classic Pavie style, with a more focused, straight mouthfeel, building yet beautiful tannins, and a layered, seamless texture on the palate. It might miss a touch of the classic Pavie sexiness, but it's incredibly impressive, balanced, and remarkably long. Hitting 14.34% alcohol with a pH of 3.58, this Saint-Émilion was harvested between September 15th and 26th."
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"Fragrant apple blossom, iris and violet flowers on the nose, brings its A-game from the first moments; coupling bright greengage plums, rose stems, and an intense grip of slate, with creamier blackberries, damson and creme patissiere. A ton of grip and length, this is in it for the long game, with pulses of oyster shell minerality to close things out. Brilliant. Here they did 8 weeks maceration, longer than most, but they felt that the wines needed a little longer to fill out through the mid palate, and for sure this is showing exceptional expansion and tension. Harvest September 15 to 29, first time in the Perse era that this has been entirely in September - and the final vintage under Gerard Perse. Pavie Decesse and Bellevue Mondot are now included in the main wine, bringing their limestone soils to the blend, and this is the highest amount of Cabernet to date. 21hl/ha yield, 3.58ph."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Intensely fragrant nose, full of black fruit, chocolate, perfumed violets and cassis. Heady and concentrated. Ripe and fleshy fruit on the palate, the tannins have a really chewy aspect that fills the mouth with texture and grip but with a vein of cooling acidity through the middle. Ends soft and cool, with a long minty, liquorice core. Chewy, fleshy, but cool, I quite like the upfront nature, it’s filling and wide but not overly intrusive or dry. Cool blue fruits and a long slightly chalky powdery finish. All the makings of a great Pavie and feels hands off for what It could have been. 3.58pH. A yield of 21hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Émilion; 60% Cabernet Franc; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 30% Merlot; a final yield of 21 hl/ha; pH 3.58; 14.34% alcohol; tasted at the property). The first vintage really to use all of the Cabernet Franc planted by Gerard Perse. Immediately striking in its Cabernet signature, with lovely floral notes and blueberries the first to identify themselves alongside the more familiar black cherry notes. There's graphite and fresh pencil-shavings too, with just a hint of the cedar to come. Lilac, cornflowers and a little rose petal and mimosa. It's lovely to find such delicate notes in a young Pavie. Ample, supple, full and intensely layered - more cashmere in texture than its more customary velour, and with more clarity and lift. I really see now the direction of travel here. Perhaps the most aerial recent vintage of Pavie, but still very true to its identity and to its exceptional and unique terroir."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com