2010 Jean Marc Pavelot Savigny Les Beaune Narbatons

An admirably pure and well-layered nose of plum, black cherry and Savigny style earth merges into very rich and round flavors that possess excellent volume and plenty of mouth coating extract. The moderately firm tannins are well-integrated and there is so much concentration that this beautifully complex effort will drink well young or benefit from up to a decade of cellar time. Burghound 92 Sweet Spot Outstanding!

By John Gilman
View From the Cellar
(Savigny-lès-Beaune “Narbantons” - Domaine Pavelot) The 2010 vintage will be the last for the Narbantons from Domaine Pavelot, as the vines are owned by an extended family member who wishes to make the wine for themselves in the future. It is a lovely last vintage for Narbantons chez Pavelot, as it offers up a complex and quite elegant nose of black cherries, cassis, incipient notes of game, a touch of currant leaf, fine minerality, espresso and a discreet base of new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite refined on the attack, with a good core of fruit and still a bit of gas from the late malo in evidence on the long and ripely tannic finish. This will clearly be very good indeed. (Drink between 2020-2050)  91-92+ points