Chateau Pape Clement - Pessac Leognan 2022

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This vintage opens with complex aromas, including flowers, cinnamon, chocolate, spice, tobacco, blackberries, and black cherries. Upon tasting, the 2022 Pape Clement reveals its true character. It is rich, lush, and sweet, with a depth and intensity that is simply mesmerizing. The black cherries, white pepper, dark chocolate, and espresso flavors coat your palate, leaving a lasting impression. The finish is remarkable and long delivering a refreshing note of peppery orange rind.

Chateau Pape Clement Description

Located at the gates of Bordeaux, Château Pape Clément is one of the oldest wine estates in the region since the first harvests took place in 1252. Château Pape Clément owes its name to Pope Clement V who passionately managed his vineyard before donating it to the Archbishop of Bordeaux. At the time, it was called the "Vignes du Pape Clément". In 1983, Bernard Magrez, the tireless builder and composer of rare wines, bought the property. Bernard Magrez, who now owns 4 Grands Crus Classés in Bordeaux, uses all his energy and determination to raise Château Pape Clément to the rank of the elite of Bordeaux Grands Crus. In 2009, Château Pape Clément was notably rewarded by obtaining a score of 100/100 from the American critic Robert Parker.

Château Pape Clément 2022 is a Pessac-Léognan wine from a 73-hectare vineyard. The vines, aged 28 years on average, are planted on Pyrenean clayey gravel soils. The vineyard is managed on a micro-plot basis. Château Pape Clément is certified High Environmental Value 3, SME and Bee-Friendly certification.

The 2022 Château Pape Clément red is made from a blend of Merlot (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%).

James Suckling: 97-98 Points

97-98 Points, James Suckling, jamessuckling.com: “This is a very structured 2022 with powerful tannins that run the length of the wine. Yet it’s perfumed and fresh with flowers and subtle undertones of stone. Pure. It’s full but not heavy with backbone and structure. Lots of crushed stone and currants. One of the most transparent you Pape’s I have tasted. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet sauvignon.” 04/23

Jeb Dunnuck: 96-98+ Points

96-98+ Points, Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com: “A full-bodied, concentrated, awesome Pessac, the 2022 Château Pape Clément offers up loads of spiced red and black fruits, some leafy tobacco, gravelly earth, and graphite aromatics, building, ripe, polished tannins, and a stacked mid-palate. Beautifully done, with remarkable purity and a great finish, it's going to rank with the crème de la crème of the vintage and is well worth seeking out.” 05/23

The Wine Independent: 95-97 Points

95-97 Points, Lisa Perroti-Brown, TheWineIndependent.com: “The 2022 Pape Clement is composed of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon with a yield of 35 hl/ha. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is a little subdued to begin, soon unfurling to offer evocative notes of baked blackberries, boysenberry preserves, and plum pudding, followed by wafts of cassis, violets, cedar chest, and cumin seed. The full-bodied palate is rich and impactful, delivering layers of bright black cherries and baking spices with a lively backbone and fine-grained tannins, finishing long and energetic.” 05/23

Jane Anson: 95 Points

95 Points, Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux: “Deep and intense, but not the full on ink colour that I might have expected. Cocoa bean, fig, rosemary, kirsch, cigar box, black pepper, mint leaf, this ripples with the exuberance of the vintage but the tannins are firm, musuclar and hold things firmly in place, ensuring a sense of proportion. This walks the line, it is a big wine that absolutely delivers estate signature, and has a clear sense of future potential, with plenty of complexity. Rises to meet the vintage, not overpowered by it. Will age well.” 04/23