Offering cedary notes with some hints of black olive tapenade, grilled meats, spice box and wood with black and red currants, this wine seems fully mature, lusty, rich and undeniably a major success in this vintage. The tannins are largely resolved and the wine is drinking beautifully, so there is no reason to defer your gratification for this wine. Drink now through 2025.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #220, Aug 2015)

Medium to deep garnet-brick in color, the 2002 Pavie waltzes out with ready-to-go notes of stewed black and red cherries, dried mulberries, and damp soil followed by touches of unsmoked cigars, wild sage, and leather. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers a chewy texture and well-knit acidity to support the savory-laced black fruits, finishing on lingering ferrous note. Lisa Perrotti-Brown Dec 2023 - The Wine Independent

Tasted blind at Farr’s 2002 Bordeaux tasting. I can still remember what a beast this was out of barrel. Good intensity on the nose, lifted red fruits, raspberry, wild strawberry, good definition and sense of minerality. A well balanced, modern palate, a lot of new oak, but I like the texture and the harmony. Very pure cassis and blueberry fruit on the slightly smudged finish. I am getting used to Pavie making a fool of me in blind tastings! Tasted October 2009.

– eRobertParker.com, Jan 2010

Quality 804 | Brand 965 | Economics 947 | buzz brand
Quality: Above the average quality score of its peer group for the 2002 vintage, 637 Brand: We found this wine on 20 of the world's top restaurant wine lists, including Helene Darroze at the Connaught Economics: Above its peer group average price of £99 for the 2002 vintage Production: Higher production than its peer group average of 46,409 bottles

- www.wine-lister.com June 2017