2025 Chateau Pape Clement Rouge Pessac-Leognan Bordeaux 750 ml

In a vintage already generating serious buzz across Bordeaux, Château Pape Clément made one of the standouts. Vinous called the 2025 “magnificent” and “positively stellar,” with aromatics that are “captivating”—strong floral and savory notes that “soar from the glass.” Decanter found it “elegant and precise” with “lots of energy,” and James Suckling praised tannins of “outstanding length.” Across the board, the critics are telling the same story: this is a wine of uncommon complexity and finesse for the appellation.

Dating back 800 years, Pape Clément is Bordeaux’s oldest Grand Cru Classé estate, and proprietor Bernard Magrez has never once sacrificed quality for quantity. For serious Bordeaux collectors, the 2025 is a rare opportunity to build a position in one of Pessac-Léognan’s most storied estates at a price that undercuts nearly everything of comparable pedigree in the appellation.

Each time we visit Pape Clément, we’re reminded of how the estate spares no expense in elevating their blessed terroir. That’s why they’ve enjoyed legendary status through the Hundred Years’ War, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, two World Wars, right up to today.

Not unlike the halls of the grand château that owner Bernard Magrez—who Robert Parker has called “one of Bordeaux’s most interesting visionaries”—has filled with priceless antiques, the wines of Pape Clément are show-stopping evocations of the best of Bordeaux. Throughout the 155-acre estate, vines sink deep into the sandy, gravelly, limestone-clay soils and produce intensely flavored berries that the vineyard team expertly hand-sorts at harvest. The result, thanks to Magrez’s dedication to quality, is one of the greatest buys in Bordeaux.