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2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant
2000 Chateau Pavie wine Saint-Emilion Bordeaux France sold by Angry Wine Merchant

2012 Chateau Pavie

Red Bordeaux Blend

France / Bordeaux / Medoc  / Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

$375
JD 98
RP 95
V 95
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Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé A

2012 Chateau Pavie – Saint-Émilion’s Grand Cru Excellence

The 2012 Chateau Pavie, a Premier Grand Cru Classé A wine, represents the power and elegance of Bordeaux's Right Bank. Crafted from some of the finest limestone-rich terroir in Saint-Émilion, this vintage is a standout for its richness, complexity, and aging potential.

Tasting Notes

Rich aromas of blackberries, crushed violets, and espresso lead into layers of licorice, cedar, and dark chocolate. The palate is intense and structured, showcasing flavors of ripe plum, graphite, and tobacco, with a persistent, mineral-driven finish.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

The 2012 Château Pavie is a blend of **60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon**, aged for 18-24 months in 80% new French oak barrels. The vineyard's **limestone and clay soils** impart freshness and complexity, balancing the wine’s natural opulence.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2012 Château Pavie is a highly collectible vintage, known for its exceptional longevity and critical acclaim. As one of the elite **Premier Grand Cru Classé A** wines of Saint-Émilion, it remains a top-tier choice for serious collectors. Perfect for your collection.

Vintage Specifics & Accolades

The **2012 vintage** in Bordeaux saw a cooler growing season, resulting in wines of refinement, elegance, and excellent structure.

  • 96 points – Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  • 95 points – Vinous
  • 94 points – Wine Spectator

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JD 98

Jeb Dunnuck

(Rating: 98+). Bottled under a black label to celebrate Pavie’s addition to the Grand Cru Classé “A” classification, the 2012 Chateau Pavie is a brilliant wine, and readers with bottles in their cellars are in for a treat. From a bottle purchased in the US, this deep purple-hued beauty takes plenty of air (it showed best the day after opening) to show at its best yet offers incredible notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, graphite, leafy herbs, violets, and background oak. Rich, full-bodied, and powerful, it nevertheless has incredible elegance and purity, with loads of silky tannins, terrific freshness, and a blockbuster finish. I continue to believe 2012 was a great, great vintage for the Right Bank, and this just adds fuel to the fire. This beauty is approachable today yet will mostly likely merit a triple-digit rating in 5-7 years and will keep for 30-40 years, given its impeccable balance and depth of fruit. Reviewed by: Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: June 2020. Drinking window: 2020 - 2060.
RP 95

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2012 Pavie celebrates its reclassification and upgrade to Class A St.-Emilion by sporting a new black label with gold print. Fortunately, every Pavie has benefitted since Perse began a complete makeover of this estate in 1998. From 47-year-old vines, the 2012 has an inky purple color, judicious toasty oak in the nose interwoven with copious blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, Christmas spices, as well as licorice and graphite. Full-bodied, rich and moderately tannic, it will require 5-7 years of bottle age but should drink well for 20-30 years. Kudos to Chantal and Gerard Perse for their extraordinary commitment to quality, which is so evident in this more challenging vintage than some of the great years like 2009 and 2010. Very low yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare were obtained from this 92-acre estate. Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr., Issue date: April 2015. Drinking window: 2020 - 2052.
V 95

Vinous

The 2012 Pavie has been impressive on the two occasions I have tasted it so far. Exotic scents of graphite, smoke, new leather and dark fruit open up first. Deep, intense and rich, especially within the context of the year, the 2012 finds greater finesse and nuance with time in bottle. Pavie is a rare 2012 that is going to require time in bottle, as the tannins are imposing at this early stage. I imagine the 2012 will be divine in another few years. Even today, it is exceptionally well-balanced and harmonious in the modern-day flamboyant Pavie style. The 2012 is 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon that spend 28 months in barrel. Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni, Issue date: July 2015. Drinking window: n/a.

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  • CRITICAL REVIEWS
  • WINEMAKER NOTES
JD 98

Jeb Dunnuck

(Rating: 98+). Bottled under a black label to celebrate Pavie’s addition to the Grand Cru Classé “A” classification, the 2012 Chateau Pavie is a brilliant wine, and readers with bottles in their cellars are in for a treat. From a bottle purchased in the US, this deep purple-hued beauty takes plenty of air (it showed best the day after opening) to show at its best yet offers incredible notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, graphite, leafy herbs, violets, and background oak. Rich, full-bodied, and powerful, it nevertheless has incredible elegance and purity, with loads of silky tannins, terrific freshness, and a blockbuster finish. I continue to believe 2012 was a great, great vintage for the Right Bank, and this just adds fuel to the fire. This beauty is approachable today yet will mostly likely merit a triple-digit rating in 5-7 years and will keep for 30-40 years, given its impeccable balance and depth of fruit. Reviewed by: Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: June 2020. Drinking window: 2020 - 2060.
RP 95

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2012 Pavie celebrates its reclassification and upgrade to Class A St.-Emilion by sporting a new black label with gold print. Fortunately, every Pavie has benefitted since Perse began a complete makeover of this estate in 1998. From 47-year-old vines, the 2012 has an inky purple color, judicious toasty oak in the nose interwoven with copious blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, Christmas spices, as well as licorice and graphite. Full-bodied, rich and moderately tannic, it will require 5-7 years of bottle age but should drink well for 20-30 years. Kudos to Chantal and Gerard Perse for their extraordinary commitment to quality, which is so evident in this more challenging vintage than some of the great years like 2009 and 2010. Very low yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare were obtained from this 92-acre estate. Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr., Issue date: April 2015. Drinking window: 2020 - 2052.
V 95

Vinous

The 2012 Pavie has been impressive on the two occasions I have tasted it so far. Exotic scents of graphite, smoke, new leather and dark fruit open up first. Deep, intense and rich, especially within the context of the year, the 2012 finds greater finesse and nuance with time in bottle. Pavie is a rare 2012 that is going to require time in bottle, as the tannins are imposing at this early stage. I imagine the 2012 will be divine in another few years. Even today, it is exceptionally well-balanced and harmonious in the modern-day flamboyant Pavie style. The 2012 is 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon that spend 28 months in barrel. Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni, Issue date: July 2015. Drinking window: n/a.

2012 Chateau Pavie – Saint-Émilion’s Grand Cru Excellence

The 2012 Chateau Pavie, a Premier Grand Cru Classé A wine, represents the power and elegance of Bordeaux's Right Bank. Crafted from some of the finest limestone-rich terroir in Saint-Émilion, this vintage is a standout for its richness, complexity, and aging potential.

Tasting Notes

Rich aromas of blackberries, crushed violets, and espresso lead into layers of licorice, cedar, and dark chocolate. The palate is intense and structured, showcasing flavors of ripe plum, graphite, and tobacco, with a persistent, mineral-driven finish.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

The 2012 Château Pavie is a blend of **60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon**, aged for 18-24 months in 80% new French oak barrels. The vineyard's **limestone and clay soils** impart freshness and complexity, balancing the wine’s natural opulence.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2012 Château Pavie is a highly collectible vintage, known for its exceptional longevity and critical acclaim. As one of the elite **Premier Grand Cru Classé A** wines of Saint-Émilion, it remains a top-tier choice for serious collectors. Perfect for your collection.

Vintage Specifics & Accolades

The **2012 vintage** in Bordeaux saw a cooler growing season, resulting in wines of refinement, elegance, and excellent structure.

  • 96 points – Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  • 95 points – Vinous
  • 94 points – Wine Spectator

Explore Related Collections

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