660. Château Langoa Barton, Saint-Julien, 1988 
659. Beaulieu Vineyard, Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, 2000 
658. Bodegas Guelbenzu, Lautus Ribera del Queiles VdlT, 2004 
657. Podere Brancaia, Il Blu IGT Toscana, 2004 
656. Marc Colin, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru “Les Vide-Bourses”, 2006 
655. Domaine du Colombier, Hermitage Blanc, 2007 
£25; 13.5%
Had this with Christmas lunch 2007, and although it was quite nice, it didn’t really merit the effort to get this label off! Pavie-Macquin was promoted in the 2006 St Emilion classification revision, to Premier Grand Cru Classé B, but I guess this was before their quality change. Quite deep garnet core – reflecting the Merlot content – with a narrow brick rim. Moderate intensity nose of blackcurrant, toast? and pencil lead. Mature, slatey / minerally savouriness on the palate. Still robustly structured, but needs more fruit to survive 5+ years. Not bad, but could do better.
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