Winemaker Notes
Blend: 65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A savory and juicy red with berry, light coffee, cedar and chocolate undertones that follow through to a medium body with juicy fruit and a chewy, fruity finish. Savory at the end.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Esprit De Pavie is more juicy and lively, with a beautiful, texturized, medium-bodied, elegant profile. Ripe red and black fruits, savory herbs, spice, and subtle truffle notes all shine, and it's medium-bodied, with a pure, layered, elegant profile that's incredibly easy to drink.
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.