2016 Chateau Pape Clement Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 1x75cl

2016 Chateau Pape Clement Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 1x75cl

$140.00 Excl. GST
$163.50 Incl. GST
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COUNTRY
France
REGION
Bordeaux
VINTAGE
2016
PRODUCER
Chateau Pape Clement
WINE TYPE
Red
AVAILABILITY
24, Future Arrival, In Bond

Producer Profile

Red Wine
Area under vines: 60 hectares
Soils: Gravel and limestone
Average age of the vines: 25 years
Planting density: 7000 to 9000 vines/ha
Production: 110 000 bottles a year
Ageing: in 70% new oak barrels for 18 to 20 months
Grape varieties:

  • Cabernet Sauvignon 46%
  • Merlot 49%
  • Cabernet Franc 3%
  • Petit Verdot 2%

White Wine
Area under vines: 3 hectares
Soils: Gravel and limestone
Average age of the vines: 25 years
Planting density: 7000 to 9000 vines/ha
Production: 9500 bottles a year
Ageing: in 70% new oak barrels for 12 months
Grape varieties:

  • Sauvignon 45%
  • Semillon 45%
  • Muscadelle 5%
  • Sauvignon Gris 5%

The Chateau makes two other wines:

  • Le Clémentin du Château de Pape Clément :
    • Area under vines: 57 hectares
    • Average age of the vines: 30 years
      Ageing: in 100% new oak barrels for 18 months
    • Grape varieties:
      • Cabernet Sauvignon 60%
      • Merlot 40%

  • Le Prélat du Château Pape Clément :
    • Ageing: in 50% new oak barrels for 14-16 months
    • Average age of the vines: 20 years
    • Grape varieties:
      • Sauvignon Blanc

    Learn more about Château Pape Clément here

Tasting Notes

JancisRobinson.com 17

Tasted blind. Freshness and lots of fruit. Neat and racy with lots of mineral excitement. [22/01/2020]

Anticipated maturity: 2026-2042

Vinous 96

The 2016 Pape Clement bursts out of the glass, offering ripe blackberry, raspberry coulis, fresh mint and hints of licorice on the well-defined nose. It is perhaps a little more opulent than its peers, but unlike in the past, I don t find it excessive. The palate is well balanced with supple tannin. There is a killer line of acidity and real panache toward a velvety, almost Pauillac-like finish armed with shimmering black fruit laced with graphite. Superb. [Neal Martin, 24/01/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2024-2050

Robert Parker 96

Blended of 60% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Pape Clement has a deep garnet-purple color and quite a serious, earthy nose with truffles, tilled soil, underbrush and smoked meats over a cassis, baked plums and redcurrants core plus a touch of lavender. Medium to full-bodied, firm and grainy, the palate is built like a brick house, supporting muscular black fruit and earthy notions and finishing very long and mineral laced. [Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 30/11/2018]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2042

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