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2015 Château Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - youthful
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
Jane Anson MW
95/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
96/100
James Suckling
97-98/100
Product: 20151013690
2015 Château Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

Ch. Pape Clément is a very concentrated wine in 2015. The deep purple-coloured wine exhibits a fragrant bouquet of flowers, red as well as black fruits. Medium-bodied, well textured and rich, with attractive acidity, a long finish and moderate but sweet tannin, this is made in a textbook Pessac-Léognan style, with crunchy, dusty fruit. Good grip and polished tannins are present and there is plenty of weight here.

Blend: 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - youthful
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pape Clément

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
Very dark. Sweet yet fresh - very beguiling initially but maybe a little overdone. Intense and almost as though concentrated. Rather dry on the end. Hard work on the end. Drink 2024-2034 jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Drink 2024 - 2034
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
Jane Anson MW 95/100
Clear reductive environment, saving the best nose for the consumer and not for en primeur. A lovely richly textured wine –really velvety with gorgeous purity to the damson and black cherry fruits. Drink: 2025-2040 jane_anson_mw - decanter.com - April 2016
Drink 2024 - 2034
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 96/100
The 2015 Pape Clement is blended of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, matured in 80% new and 20% one-year-old French oak barrels for 18 months. Medium to deep garnet-purple, it opens with profound notes of crushed red and black currants, black cherries and cassis with touches of mocha, baking spices, menthol and lavender plus a hint of new leather. Medium-bodied, firm and concentrated with tons of tightly wound black fruit and earth layers, it has a grainy frame and refreshing lift on the long finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 21/02/2018
Drink 2024 - 2034
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Feb 2018)
James Suckling 97-98/100
Shows amazing depth of fruit with fabulous polish and length. Electric acidity. Full body, very integrated and refined tannins. Phenolic finesse shows here.Great finish. It lasts for minutes. Best young Pape Clément I have tasted. Grows in the glass. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
Drink 2024 - 2034
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)

About this wine

Chateau Pape Clement

Château Pape Clément is a Cru Classé Graves property that has one of the oldest documented histories of any Bordeaux vineyard, having been planted in 1300 by Bernard de Groth, the future Pope Clément V. In 1939 the estate was bought by the Montagne family and is now owned and run by Léo Montagne. Pape Clément is located in the Bordeaux suburb of Pessac and consists of a chai and 32 hectares of vineyards, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (40%) and small amounts of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle. The quality of the wines at Pape Clément slipped in the 1960s and 70s, largely because of under-investment. Bernard Magrez was appointed as general manager in 1985 and he turned Pape Clément's fortunes around. He introduced more rigorous selection in the vineyards, as well as installing stainless steel vats and raising the percentage of new oak casks used in the maturation process. Pape Clément now produces one of the finest clarets in Pessac-Léognan.
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