2017 Chateau Pavie Macquin - St. Emilion (750ml)
One of Saint-Émilion's most consistently thrilling estates, guided by the superstar team of Nicolas Thienpont (Le Pin, Vieux Château Certan) and consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt — farmed organically and situated directly adjacent to Pavie, Troplong-Mondot, and Pavie-Decesse on the limestone plateau. 2017 was a great vintage for estates like Pavie Macquin, which turned an early spring frost into an opportunity to make an exceptionally concentrated wine — the critics unanimously placed it among the most thrilling Right Bank offerings of the vintage. Deep garnet-purple, charging out of the glass with warm black cherries, blackberry pie, wild blueberry coulis, menthol, licorice, candied violets, and charcuterie; medium-bodied with a beautiful frame of wonderfully ripe, very fine-grained tannins, bold freshness, and a very long, multilayered finish. Aged 16 months in 70% new French oak. Drink 2025–2040