96 Robert Parker
Gerard Perse’s 2000 Pavie Decesse, a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc from a vineyard situated above Pavie, on the steep limestone hillsides outside the walled town of St.-Emilion, is a fabulous effort (all the Perse wines are stunning in this vintage). Notes of camphor, creme de cassis, violets, black currants, cedar, and licorice jump from the glass of this inky/purple-hued offering. Monumental richness, sensational sweet tannin, a skyscraper-like mid-palate, and a 45+-second finish result in an extraordinary wine that is just reaching its plateau of full maturity. It should last for another 20-25 years.
18 Rene Gabriel
01: Sattes Rubin-Purpur mit lila Schimmer. Intensives, gebundenes Beerenbouquet; feine Fliedernote darin, frisch und direkt. Dichter, cremiger Gaumen, seidige Textur mit viel Kirschen und reifer Waldbeerenfrucht, konzentriertes Finish. (18/20). 10: Delikates Bouquet, viel noble Edelholznoten, leicht pikant im Ansatz, Tabasconoten und Earl Grey in der Mitte. Im Gaumen noch strenge Muskeln zeigend, vom Körper her oder vom Extrahieren während der Vinifikation, braucht noch viel Zeit bis zu seiner Reife und ist extrem konzentriert. Kann dann noch zulegen. trinken (2011 - 2028)
Gerard Perse’s 2000 Pavie Decesse, a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc from a vineyard situated above Pavie, on the steep limestone hillsides outside the walled town of St.-Emilion, is a fabulous effort (all the Perse wines are stunning in this vintage). Notes of camphor, creme de cassis, violets, black currants, cedar, and licorice jump from the glass of this inky/purple-hued offering. Monumental richness, sensational sweet tannin, a skyscraper-like mid-palate, and a 45+-second finish result in an extraordinary wine that is just reaching its plateau of full maturity. It should last for another 20-25 years.