Pavie Macquin Vintage:2006 11% cabernet franc and 7%

11% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot)

making this estate the biggest landowner in Vignarionda

and the winter following the bottling (it was bottled in May 2017 at the same time as the Laurel) is when they tend to show closed

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

ripe and almost dense

Pavie Macquin Vintage:2006 11% cabernet franc and 7%The 2012 Pavie Macquin shows how appealing the best wines from this vintage are. Bright, floral and racy, the 2012 is drinking beautifully today. Readers who prefer more aromatic complexity might prefer to cellar the 2012 for another few years, but there is something about the wine's raciness and immediacy that makes it a pure pleasure to taste today. Antonio Galloni