Cart 2005 Chateau Pape Clement Pessac-Leognan
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| Style: | Red Wine |
| Grape Type: | Bordeaux Blend |
| Region: | Bordeaux |
About Chateau Pape Clement
Cities may not be particuarly associated with winemaking, but Pape Clément is one of several Pessac-Leognan estates that are actually located within the city limits of Bordeaux. This is also one of the oldest properties in Bordeaux (named after Pope Clement V in 1305). These are d... more
Expert Reviews
One of the real stars in 2005, not just of its district, but in all of Bordeaux, Pape-Clement is a downright opulent wine with enormous, optimally ripened, black currant fruit, load of rich oak and a sense of succulence equaled by few. It is already beginning to show real complexity by way of its mildly toasty, tobacco-like accents and its flashes of olives and herbs, and it is firmed by wonderfully refined tannins that promise to hold it in fine stead for decades to come.
Good deep red-ruby. Superripe, expressive nose offers black plum, smoke, spices and leather. Denser, sweeter and fatter than the 2006; even more generous and forward today. But this impressively chewy and rich wine also has a powerful underlying spine and plenty of lurking power. Finishes very ripe and very long, with the tannins buried by smoky, minerally soil tones.
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Average rating: 4.00 (2 ratings) 