Chateau Pavie Decesse Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001 TBO and utterly uninterested in making

and utterly uninterested in making anything else

Great with spicy food or French cuisine

Aged 16 months in barrels (30% new)

Vibrant with aromas of melon

Chateau Pavie Decesse Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2001 TBO and utterly uninterested in makingPavie Decesse sits on the limestone plateau directly above its more famous sibling Chteau Pavie, and shares the same ownershipGrard and Chantal Perse, who acquired it in 1997. This is a tiny estate (just 23 acres) producing a Merlot dominant Saint milion (90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc) of remarkable density and depth. The 2001 vintage is now well into mature territory at 24 years old, with the inky concentration of the Perse style softened by time