Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux 2021

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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aromas of plums, raspberries and sweet spices introduce the 2021 Pavillon Rouge, a medium to full-bodied, velvety and vibrant wine that's impressively rich and mouthfilling, revealing a deep core of fruit framed by powdery tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, saline finish. The blend is 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc, and Philippe Bascaules observes that parcels planted 20 years ago and destined for the grand vin when they're a bit older are increasingly making the cut for Pavillon Rouge.

James Suckling

A nicely rounded young red with fine tannins that are polished and poised. Medium body with a solid center-palate and a creamy finish. Shows wonderful ripeness and beauty. 73% cabernet sauvignon, 18% merlot, 5% petit verdot and 4% cabernet franc.

Decanter Magazine

Soft rose-touched blackcurrants, really quite delicate and pretty yet also expressive, the aromas clearly discernible in the glass with a vivid pink-purple rim. So smooth and quite sensuous, you get the crushed velvet texture and thrashing acidity straight away, giving a round mouth, with these spikes of piquancy from the Petit Verdot. Really quite perfumed too. Vibrant with an excellent aromatic display and so much freshness. It’s on the tightrope - balancing the austerity and the plushness, the richness and the delicacy, the acidity and the structure. Tastes young and sparky, like a racing car ready to go, all energetic and buzzed. A great second wine. 4% Cabernet Franc completes the blend.

VertdeVin

(73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc) The nose is fruity, elegant and reveals a certain intensity, finesse, nice classicism in its elegant sense. There are notes of ripe wild blackcurrant, full-bodied strawberry and more lightly dark berry fruit combined with hints of fresh red berry fruit, racy minerality/saline as well as fine hints of full-bodied/juicy purple plum, hints of nutmeg, almond, toasted/caramelised wood, a discreet hint of cardamom and a subtle hint of bourbon vanilla. The palate is fruity and reveals minerality, freshness, delicacy, a nice fresh silkiness, a very fine/discreetly tight grain, tension and nice classicism. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy blackcurrant, small fresh/juicy red berries and more lightly cherry combined with small floral touches (violet, rose) as well as fine hints of liquorice, lily, racy/iodine minerality, a subtle hint of chocolate and infusion/crushed almond. Subtle chewiness on the finish. A lovely quality to the elegant, mellow, very fine and gourmand tannins. A great classic.

Jeb Dunnuck

The second wine of the estate, the 2021 Pavillon Rouge is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon yet includes 18% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. With a pH of 3.68 and an IPT of 74, it's a serious, age-worthy second wine offering medium-bodied aromas and flavors of cassis, graphite, and smoked tobacco. It's beautifully balanced, with good mid-palate depth, ripe tannins, and outstanding length. It's in the running for the top second wine in the vintage.