Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er cru La Dominode 2015 3L

92-95 points Fine Wine Review: "As I’ve often said before, for those who complain about the price of Burgundies these days, you can still get outstanding wine for relatively little money from less fashionable appellations such as Savigny-les-Beaune, and this is as good an address as you could want there to prove that claim... Last of the reds, the Dominode is king of the heap. It begins with a typical Dominode truffly nose. The mouth is pure, dense, deep, and saline with minerality, length, and purity. It is exactly as Dominode should be. (2/14/16)"

92-94 points Neal Martin (Wine Advocate): "The 2015 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Dominodes is cut from the same cloth as the Aux Gravains, albeit with more floral scents and more red fruit. It is just as beautifully defined and seductive though. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannin, superb mineralité, immense cohesion and energy that spills over on the chalky-textured finish. This is (yet another) outstanding 2015 from Domaine Pavelot who frankly has done little wrong this vintage. Drink: 2019-2032. (Dec 2016)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2015 Domaine Pavelot Dominode is outstanding, with its generous, sappy black fruit tones anchored by impressive minerality and excellent backend structure. The nose delivers a fine constellation of black cherries, sweet dark berries, Savigny spices, bitter chocolate, venison, dark soil tones, cedar and a touch of currant leaf in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with fine backend mineral drive, fine-grained tannins and a long, tangy and still quite youthful finish. Fine juice. 2024-2060. (Nov/Dec 2016)"

89-92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(two-thirds of the vines are between 70 and 80 years of age and the remaining vines are approximately 20+ years old). An extremely ripe nose stops short of being jammy though there is a whiff of prune. Otherwise there is excellent energy to the fresh, sleek and tautly muscular flavors that are dense, powerful and very serious plus they deliver superb depth and length on the slightly warm finish. This is a wine that has impressive underlying material but the nose concerns me and thus it’s hard to project how this will fare with age as it risks becoming heavy. That said, there are enough positive attributes present that my predicted range offers the benefit of the doubt. (Apr 2017)"

91+ points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): "[$76/750ml list] Bright, deep red, the darkest of these 2015s. Very pure and ripe but youthfully bound-up nose hints at kirsch, licorice and bitter chocolate. Densely packed and impressively thick, with its flavors of black cherry, licorice and herbs given punch by good peppery verve. This firmly structured Dominode is seriously tight today but the tannins are refined and the long, subtle finish offers captivating violet lift. The most impressive of these 2015s, but lay it down for a while. Drink: 2025-2035. (Jan 2018)"

17/20 points Jancis Robinson: "Tank sample. Old vines. 40% are 80 years old. 30% new oak. This wine did especially well in a tasting organised by the magazine Bourgogne Aujourd’hui. Exotic, heady nose. Big, sweet and hedonistic. Chewy end. Very youthful. Good for the future. Drink: 2022-2032. Date tasted: 8 Nov 2016. (1/7/17)"