Saturated, deep ruby-red. Knockout nose combines blackberry, minerals, crushed rock, truffle, vanillin oak and flowers; showing none of the porty quality of the sample I tried last year. A hugely concentrated essence of a wine, offering an incredible combination of sweetness, vibrancy and precision of fruit, thanks to strong acidity and powerful underlying minerality. The chewy tannins are totally buffered by the wine's material on the explosive back end. This wine has it all! Compared to the Pav...

100 Points I love the purity of fruit in this wine, with perfectly ripe blackberry, blueberry and raspberry on the nose. Complex and full-bodied, with hints of new oak and wonderfully polished tannins that caress the palate. Long, long finish. This is not the blockbuster it was from barrel, but rather a complete, balanced and gorgeous red. Best after 2015. 7,100 cases made. - JS Wine Spectator 98 Points Now that the 2005 Pavie is in the bottle, I would place it, qualitatively, a notch below the p...

Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed by Wine & Spirits Magazine on 10/08

Rating: (98-100) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 164 on Apr-06

Rating: 95-100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator

Rating: 98-100 - As reviewed by Robert Parker