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99-Point Library Bordeaux from a Parker “Visionary”

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2009 Château Pape Clément Pessac-Léognan 750 ml

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A “Beautifully Opulent” Library Bordeaux

At almost 800 years young, Bordeaux’s oldest Grand Cru Classé bottling never goes out of style. Each of the last two vintages we’ve offered of Château Pape Clément has earned a perfect five-out-of-five-star rating from our members, and we’re anticipating a hat trick with the 99-point 2009 library release.

It’s no wonder: Since taking over the estate, proprietor Bernard Magrez has never once sacrificed quality for quantity. His wines are among the most expressive, age-worthy, and flat-out delicious being produced in Bordeaux. 

In Château Pape Clément’s signature style, the 2009 has the elegance and balance to satisfy the most discriminating Bordeaux connoisseurs, and the depth and richness to appeal to lovers of the best of Napa. After ten years in the estate cellars, this bottle hit a new level, earning a 99-point rave from Parker’s Wine Advocate. 

Reserve yours while we still have access to it, because once these start to sail over from France, we won’t be able to get any more. Today, this 99-point phenom is 1/4 the price of similarly scoring icons like Château Mouton Rothschild ($1,300) and Château Lafleur ($1,727), and comes with our unrivaled perfect provenance guarantee.

Traditionally, Pape Clément is more opulent and sumptuous than its peers, but the 2009 pushed the structural envelope a bit further, proving the estate’s centuries-long tradition of never resting on its laurels. It remains as deep, muscular, and brooding as ever, but with more precision and more lavish construction than before.

From the very heart of Bordeaux, Château Pape Clément is one of the region’s oldest wineries, with harvests dating back to 1252. Original owner Bertrand de Goth, the Archbishop of Bordeaux, was eventually named Pope Clément V—the very same wine-loving Pope who moved the papacy from Rome to Avignon (eventually inspiring that region’s wines to be called Châteauneuf-du-Pape). As leader of the Holy See, he couldn’t keep his beloved Pessac estate, so he did the next best thing and had it named after him.  

After centuries of being passed from owner to owner, and with almost a millennium of winemaking tradition to uphold, it’s no wonder proprietor Bernard Magrez spares no expense in elevating the terroir that has maintained its legendary status through the Hundred Years War, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, two World Wars, up to today.

Magrez has always squeezed the very best from every vintage, which is why Robert Parker has called him “one of Bordeaux’s most interesting visionaries,” and why the wines of Pape Clément have become such critical and sommelier favorites over recent decades.

We hope you’ll take advantage of today’s opportunity to taste the work of this visionary for yourself.