The 2010 Pavie Macquin has a rather lovely menthol/star anis scented bouquet, ripe and extrovert but demonstrating more composure than the Troplong-Mondot alongside. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet core of black plummy fruit, slightly lower acidity than expected but it remains well balanced with a caressing soy and black pepper tinged finish that fans out nicely. Excellent, if more exotic than I would have liked in the context of the growing season. Tasted at the BI Wines & Spirits 10-Year On tasting. April 2020

This is always an extremely masculine, dense, burly wine, and the 2010, which tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol (just slightly under that of the 2009), has a final blend of 80% Merlot and the rest virtually all Cabernet Franc, with just 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Loads of crushed rock and chalkiness, along with licorice, black truffle, smoked game and black fruits dominate the aromatics and flavor. Backward, formidably endowed, full-bodied and almost atypically massive and huge, with gargantuan extraction, this is a wine for patient connoisseurs to forget about for close to a decade. Anticipated maturity: 2022-2040+. Februar 2013

Gorgeous nose with great complexity. Blackberry, licorice and a steely mineral note. Lots of chalk, nutmeg and violets too. Dense and full-bodied on the palate with a beautiful fruit and a sumptuous fruity finish that just goes on and on. Velvety tannins and layered texture with lots of raw licorice. Drink from 2018. Februar 2013