Another sleeper of the vintage from Perse, this wine shows lots of licorice, underbrush, blackcurrants and black cherries, cedary wood spice, a round, expansive, full-bodied mouthfeel, beautiful texture and again, stunning purity, all while remaining relatively youthful. This wine probably won’t hit its prime for at least another 4-6 years and is certainly capable of lasting a quarter of a century afterward.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #220, Aug 2015)

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Château Pavie has a rich, generous, almost opaque bouquet with raspberry coulis, crushed strawberry, vanilla and melted tar, very well-defined and focused - perhaps more so than the 2006 Angelus? The palate is well balanced with fine tannin, a keen line of acidity, very harmonious in the mouth with black cherries, wild strawberry, citrus fruit, a touch of tar and tobacco developing towards the finish. It leans towards Cheval Blanc in style, but whatever its semblances, it remains a very well-crafted Saint Emilion with a long future ahead. Tasted January 2016.
– eRobertParker.com, May 2016

Deep garnet with a touch of brick, the 2006 Pavie storms out of the glass with powerful scents of baked plums, boysenberry preserves, and licorice leading to hints of tar, unsmoked cigars, and garrigue. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers youthful black fruits and earthy/minerally accents with firm, fine-grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing with a chalky lift. Lisa Perrotti-Brown Dec 2023 - The Wine Independent

Saturated bright ruby. The fruit-driven aromas of black raspberry, blueberry, violet pastille, espresso, minerals and sexy oak offer superb perfume. Hugely rich and sweet but with outstanding inner-mouth minerality and energy and enticing violet lift. For all its ripeness, there's nothing roasted about this superconcentrated Saint-Emilion; in fact, this wine is quite backward and reserved today. The finish features exceptionally sweet tannins and great palate-saturating length. The bottled wine has turned out to be even better than my barrel tastings suggested. Wow! May 2009

Quality 899 | Brand 965 | Economics 967 | buzz brand, investment staple
Quality: Above the average quality score of its peer group for the 2006 vintage, 776 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 £108 for the 2006 vintage Production: Higher production than its peer group average of 46,409 bottles

- www.wine-lister.com June 2017