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Pricesfor Pavie have continued to rise since the estate’s promotion to Saint-Émilion
Premier Grand Cru Classé (A), the appelation’s highest possible status. Pavie
vintages have risen, on average, by around 12% since last August and the
100-point 2000 vintage, of which there are only 24 cases listed worldwide, has
witnessed 35% growth over the same period, with further price increases
expected. We are therefore fortunate to have supply of this extraordinarily
scarce vintage of Pavie, which Gerard Perse assures us is the greatest Pavie
ever produced & are very pleased to be able offer 5 cases (12x75cl) at
£4,550- UK BEST MARKET PRICE.
Due to the extremely limited availability of this particular offer, please make your interest known ASAP in order to avoid disappointment.
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Parker Tasting Notes:
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I tasted this wine twice during the
2000 horizontals, then I actually popped the cork and drank a half-bottle of
it. This wine remains, for me, one of the compelling success stories for
proprietor Gerard Perse. An extraordinary effort made from a blend of 60%
Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon from the limestone
soils that dominate this very distinctive terroir, the 2000 Pavie has moved
out of the closed, dormant, broodingly backward stage into an adolescent
period where one can see its extraordinary vibrancy, and great complexity as
well as potential. It boasts an unctuous display of rich, cedar box-infused
cassis fruit and liquid minerality. The tannins have sweetened, yet the wine
has thirty years of longevity and potential evolution. A beautiful wine of
great mass as well as elegance, it is good to see the extraordinary efforts
that Gerard Perse and his team have made confirmed in this prodigious wine. A
legend now ... a legend for the future. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2060.
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Score: 100
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Robert Parker, Wine
Advocate (189), June 2010
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Investment Analysis:
Pavie 2000 is one of only two vintages of
this wine to be awarded 100 pts, the other being the 2009. However, the 2000
vintage is widely recognised as the best ever Pavie having been rated at 100
pts by Parker on four separate occasions:
1st 100 pt score awarded in
April 2003, Wine Advocate
2nd 100 pt score awarded in
December 2003, Bordeaux Book
3rd 100 pt score awarded in
July 2008, Hedonist Gazette
4th 100 pt score awarded in
June 2010, Wine Advocate
This accolade highlights the legendary
status of this Pavie vintage and suggests that this is a wine that will
continue to break boundaries, potentially elevating its status to one of the
greatest wines the Right Bank has ever produced.
Looking at fellow appellation First
Growths, Ausone and Cheval Blanc, Pavie 2000 looks like it has a lot further to
go in comparison to 100 pt vintages of Ausone or Cheval Blanc, particularly
with the supply side becoming increasingly strained.
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Wine/Vintage
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RPJ Score
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Price per 12 bottle case
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Current Availability
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Ch. Cheval Blanc 2010
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100
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£8,000
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111 cases
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Ch. Ausone 2005
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100
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£12,500
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34 cases
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Ch. Ausone 2003
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100
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£9,500
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27 cases
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Ch. Pavie 2000
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100
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£4,550
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24 cases
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With top vintages of Pavie currently
experiencing strong demand and new interest, there is little doubt that the
flagship vintage of this estate will potentially eclipse £8,000 per 12 bottle
case over the next 3 to 5 years.
When Parker first rated the Pavie 2000 at 100 pts in 2003 he
boldly claimed: ‘Life is too short not to own and consume the 2000 Pavie’. Now
we are not suggesting our clients buy this wine for consumption but would
unequivocally endorse the investment merit of this unique opportunity to own
one of the greatest wines Bordeaux has ever produced.
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