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A
vineyard already present on the 4th century,
occupying an important place in the south facing hillside
of Saint Emilion.
A
great wine on the top of the hierarchy thanks to its
excellent terroir. Certainly one of the two best of the Ausone
appellation.
In
the 4th century, the hillsides of Pavie and
Ausone were planted with the very first vines in de region
of Saint-Emilion.
The
Château Pavie is composed of a unique vineyard of
nearly 42 hectares. The unit can be subdivided in three
easily identifiable soils, which constitute as many
microclimates:
The
calcareous plate, The hillside, with its dense and deep
clays, The
foot of the hillside, sandy-clayey and slightly gravelly.
All
in all, the terroir of the Château Pavie profits from
conditions extremely favorable to the vine growing:
natural poverty of the soils, excellent sunning due to its
southern exposure, natural drainage of the grounds because
of the slope, not very frost susceptible character of the
vineyard withdrawn from the wind of North;
Due
to its situation, the vineyard is composed of a well
studied grapes variety according to the noblest parts of
its terroir with 60% of Merlot, 30% of Frank Cabernet,
and 10% of Sauvignon Cabernet;
Its
Wine storehouse, currently equipped with
temperature-controlled wooden vats has entirely been are
conditioned in order to proportionally adapt the
vinification to the potential of the harvest determined by
a very precise analyze of the grounds.
The
terroir of Château Pavie naturally delivers a harvest
marked by a remarkable power by preserving the smoothness
through a maturation for 2 or 2 years 1/2, according to
the vintage, in brand new barrels;
Let’s
pay tribute to its owners, Mr & Mrs Perse for
the exceptional effort which they devoted up to now to the
vineyard and the wine storehouse of the Château Pavie, a
remarkable of the appellation Saint-Emilion.
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