Amazing, pure cherries, plums and flowers, as well as crushed stones. It jumps out of the glass. Full body, powerful tannins and a freshness and roundness to it. Lightly salty on the finish. Great structure with finesse. Try after 2024.
Deep purple-black colored, the 2016 Pavie Decesse bursts boldly out of the glass with confident blackcurrant preserves, baked blackberries, baked plums and sandalwood notes with touches of Indian spices, mocha and lilacs plus touches of cedar chest and pencil lead. Big, concentrated and voluptuously fruited in the mouth, it has a truly impressive structure of very firm, finely grained tannins and racy freshness lifting all that densely packed fruit to a very long, multilayered finish. Wow!
A wine that’s going to flirt with perfection in a few years, the 2016 Pavie Decesse is a normal blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc that was brought up in new barrels. It has an incredible mix of power and elegance that’s hard to describe, hitting the palate with a deep, full-bodied texture that carries, beautiful tannins, good acidity (the pH here is quite low), no hard edges, and thrilling length. Exotic, with notes of cassis, orange blossom, graphite, white truffle, and crushed rocks, it tastes like the essence of the limestone soils just outside of Saint Emilion. It’s going to need 7-8 years of bottle age and keep for decades. It’s another magical wine from the Perse team.
The 2016 Pavie-Decesse pulses with energy, tension and pure class. Inky red and purplish berry fruit, pomegranate, chocolate, lavender and spice all run through this super-expressive Saint-Émilion. Dark and unctuous in the glass, but also very much medium in body, the 2016 is super refined and elegant. Silky tannins, pulsing, saline minerality and a sense of vibrancy all add to the wine's considerable appeal. The 2016 is a wine of exceptional finesse, class and sensuality. More importantly, it is absolutely memorable.
Technical Details
BlendProprietary Blend
CountryFrance
RegionBordeaux
AppellationSaint Emilion
Shop All Wines Pavie Decesse Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016
Pavie Decesse Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016
Proprietary Blends | France
JS99, JD98+, WA98, VN97
New
$190.00
$139.95 | 750mL
SOLD OUT
26% off retail!
Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
Yesterday, we got our very last drop of this wine from this legend in the making --- spectacular price!
The critics agree -- 2016 is a rockstar. It is a vintage that has it all! Wine collectors agree that our price is practically unbeatable. When the last of this is gone...it's gone forever and our price is investment-grade, while it lasts! Located ABOVE Chateau Pavie on the limestone plateau of St. Emilion, Pavie Decesse is actually a little more interesting to our palates -- the minerality and complexity and freshness is spectacularly delicious and mesmerizing.
This is the best Pavie Decesse ever made in our humble opinion! It's another feather in the cap of the man with the Midas touch, Gerard Perse. Was $190. Now $139.95. 6-pack WOOD CASES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST! First come, first served…!
About the Producer
Although Pavie Decesses's reputation exists in the shadow of its glorious older sibling, topography has nonetheless set it above Chateau Pavie, situated as it is on Saint-Emilion's limestone plateau. Purchased by Gerard Perse in 1997, one year before he bought Chateau Pavie.
