Chateau Pavie, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France 2000 Chateau Grand-Pontet Tasting Director Sarah Looper suggested

Tasting Director Sarah Looper suggested pouring it as an aperitif

blueberries and cherries

This lovely salmon pink wine with fine bubbles has an expressive and fruity nose with red fruit aromas

Sweet dark cherry

Chateau Pavie, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France 2000 Chateau Grand-Pontet Tasting Director Sarah Looper suggestedJust a powerhouse of a wine that does everything right, the 2000 Chteau Pavie is drinking incredibly well today, offering huge blackcurrant and chocolatey darker berry fruits as well as loads of truffly earth, tobacco, and spice. Full bodied, deep, and concentrated on the palate, it stays flawlessly balanced, and while I suspect the acidity is quite low, it has an incredible sense of freshness and a weightless texture. Fully mature, yet in the early