chateau pape clement cru classe pessac leognan

Château Pape Clément

Château Pape Clément, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 2019

Name: Château Pape Clément, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Château Pape Clément
Price: 384.7 GBP

96/100

Inside Bordeaux

95/100

The Wine Independent

94/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Extremely ferrous nose, rusty iron, graphite, very introverted. The palate packs a mighty punch with iron infused cassis, tremendous length and impressive large scale tannins, laced with black fruit, licorice, mocha, more iron. This is true to form. An impressive large scale Pape Clement.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2019 Pape Clement is deep garnet-purple in color. It starts off closed and broody before offering fragrant scents of rose oil, cardamom, and fertile loam, over a core of plum preserves, blackberry pie, and cedar. The medium-bodied palate is taut, muscular, and intense, delivering firm, grainy tannins and fantastic tension, finishing long and mineral-laced.

drinking window 2025 - 2048

date of review 05/2023

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2019 Pape Clément has a lot of intensity on the nose, although the new oak is more prominent here compared to the Domaine de Chevalier. Still, there is admirable delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet 'n sour entry, grainy tannins, black truffle and soy. Quite intense and assertive on the finish. This will require 3-5 years in bottle and will doubtless deserve a higher score. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.

drinking window 2026 - 2055

date of review 02/2023

96/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

This lays down a challenge to the other wines in Pessac-Léognan, with a little more power and definition, with slate tannins and a rasp of minerality all while delivering pure and concentrated raspberry, loganberry and black cherry fruits. The tannins are confident and are not about to let the fruit go anywhere soon. Great quality and potential, a little more severe and austere than the 2018 at this point, needs a good five years in bottle. Harvest September 17 to October 10, An upscore from En Primeur. Tasted twice, two months apart.

drinking window 2027 - 2044

date of review 01/2022

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