WEINWISSER: "Sehr tiefes, dichtes Purpur-Lila. Intensives Amarenakirschenbouquet, viel Süsse von roten, reifen Früchten zeigend, momentan etwas zu Kopf steigend. Im Gaumen sich fortsetzende Süsse, sattes, nach gekochten Johannisbeeren schmeckendes Extrakt, intensive Adstringenz, momentan etwas mehr Muskeln als Fleisch zeigend, im Finale Honigspuren von sehr reifem Traubengut. Für einen Punkt mehr muss der 2004er Pavie noch etwas mehr Harmonie entwickeln und seine Muskeln etwas bändigen."
WINESPECTATOR: "This is a beauty, with the singed apple wood and juniper notes fully melded with the core of lush raspberry and blackberry confiture flavors. The edges are rounded off but the spine still drives through. Ends with graphite and ganache accents and a mouthwatering hint.--Non-blind Pavie vertical (March 2017). Best from 2020 through 2035. 7,500 cases made."
JAMES SUCKLING: "This is a solid and chewy 2004 with chocolate, dark-berry and cedar character. Full body. Juicy. Drying slightly now. Drink up."
ANTONIO GALLONI: "Good deep fresh ruby. Vibrant, complex aromas of blackberry, violet, licorice, espresso and minerals. Concentrated, spicy and fresh, with lovely clarity and lift to its penetrating dark fruit and mineral flavors. Densely packed and downright palate-staining for 2004 without any impression of heaviness. This has plenty of fat for the year and finishes impressively dense, with ripe, building tannins. Owner Gerard Perse notes that Pavie has the benefit of three different soil types, while Pavie-Decesse is a single block of old vines on calcaire Thus Pavie is always more complex, he adds, and the portion of younger vines at Pavie brings a fruity quality that´s sometimes missing in Pavie-Decesse."
THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Not fully mature, but drinking quite nice, especially as it was pop and pour, the luscious textured fruit felt great. Concentrated, rich, sweet, juicy and fresh, the smoke, licorice, plums, espresso and earthy character was hitting all the right notes."
FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Sehr einladende dunkle Beerenfrucht, zart nach Brombeeren, tabakige Würze, ätherische Nuancen nach Minze und Lakritze, sehr attraktives Bukett. Saftig und komplex, feste Tannine, schokoladige Textur, bleibt sehr gut haften, verfügt über gutes Potenzial, bereits jetzt ein toller Speisenbegleiter."
THE WINEADVOCATE: "A real sleeper effort from the Perse family, the 2004 Pavie has a dense, bluish purple color and a wonderful, sweet kiss of blackberry, licorice, spice box and roasted herbs. The wine is rich, deep, full-bodied and absolutely remarkable for the vintage. This is certainly a candidate for one of the wines of the year and seems still relatively youthful and promising. Drink it over the next 20 years."
