Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Pavie has a very clear, almost refulgent color in the glass. The bouquet is well defined with plush crushed strawberry, raspberry, cedar and mint aromas on the nose, almost Margaux-like in style thanks to a floral tincture. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, cedar and graphite-tinged black fruit that gently grips the mouth. There is impressive structure here, a Pavie that seems to have firmed up in recent years. As I suggested in my previous note, this is one of the few Saint Emilion wines that merit cellaring. Tasted February 2017. - Neal Martin

The 2007 Pavie is deep garnet with a touch of brick. It is a little broody to start, offering notes of charcoal, fertile loam, and crushed rocks before opening out to a core of stewed cherries and baked plums plus a hint of truffles. The medium to full-bodied palate coats the mouth with black and red berry layers plus loads of savory sparks, framed by lightly chewy tannins, and finishing on a lingering chalky note. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown