Chateau Pavie St. Emilion 2003

Deep purple/red.

Oak spice/char, dried fig, grilled meat. A glimpse of raspberry.

Saturated, middle-weight mouthfeel - grainy tannin suffuses palate. Extremely concentrated black fruit character that has a flatness that reminds me of 2003 Northern Rhones.

This is interesting. Crazy hot, dry year in many parts of France. How far can you push the envelope without the benefit of irrigation? This is a wildly divisive wine in a wildly divisive vintage. Based on the tannin/fruit character here, I doubt this will ever sing. But Parker has far more tasting experience than I do ....

Day 2 - Ditto. Huge structure and concentration, but seems to have no life/lift. Time will tell.

Day 4 - Maybe slightly fresher in the mouth. End of the bottle.

$130 future, God only knows what this is now - $300?