Chateau Pape Clement Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé 2016

"Pape Clément is gorgeous in 2016." - Antonio Galloni
"Smager himmelråbende godt." - Houlberg

På dette ikoniske vinslot, beliggende i den sydvestlige udkant af selve Bordeaux, har der med sikkerhed været høstet druer siden 1251. Pape Clement er opkaldt efter sin mest celebre beboer – Pave Clemens den 5.! Rødvinen Pape Clément var allerede i 1800-tallet omtalt som den næstbedste i Graves, efter Haut Brion. I 1959 fulgte endnu en blåstempling af kvaliteten, da rødvinen fra Pape Clément blev klassificeret ”Graves Grand Cru Classé”. Slottets eneejer siden 1980, den stenrige vinkøbmand Bernard Magrez, går ikke på kompromis med kvaliteten.

Udbyttet holdes ekstremt lavt, mens et team på 120 sorteringsarbejdere sørger for manuel afstilkning – drue for drue! Under opsyn af konsulenten Michel Rolland eksekveres vinificering og fadmodning med samme grad af perfektionisme. Det er intet under, at Pape Clément har opnået den ”perfekt score” - 100 point fra Robert Parker. Kvaliteten er stadig en pave værdig. 

Anmeldelser af Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 2016

98/100 James Suckling
"Stunning concentration of perfectly ripe blackcurrants here with a delicate whiff of vanilla oak and extremely fine tannins that are almost perfectly integrated on the seductive and delicate palate, right through the almost literally breathtaking, super-long and very polished finish."

98/100 Andreas Larsson, Blind Tasted
"Intense and nuanced nose, smoky with fine new oak, roasted coffee, inky dark fruit, tobacco and fine spices. Very high concentration with fine proportions, grainy cocoa powder like tannins, wet tobacco, a fresh integrated acidity, gentle oak notes with butterscotch, crushed black currant and plum with a very long and dense aftertaste. Ample, powerful and balanced."

98/100 Jean-Marc Quarin
"It is superb. A very pure Pape Clément, all nuanced and with a very dense pulp. Bravo!"

98/100 Houlberg
"6,5 Thumbs Up. Sidst jeg smagte Château Pape Clément var det i en årgang 2011 fandt jeg vinen en anelse opulent. Det er fortsat en kraftig og stærk Bordeaux vin, der er kuldsort som tjære og samtidig en smule vild med intens finsk og tør engelsk lakrids. Læg dertil lidt mejeri, kaffe, røget kød, mørke bær, solbær, tobak og tæt i strukturen. Derudover har den et sødligt fadpræg, som bidrager med muldjord, vanilje og sødlig venlighed. Mums. Smagen følger faktisk duften godt undervejs ... sexet, intens, æterisk og pragende. Den er tæt, kompakt og struktureret, men det er på en tør, frisk og stram facon, selvom det egentlig leveres så blødt, cremet og lækkert. Der er sorte kirsebær, blommer, røg, silkefine og tykke tanniner ... alt er godt og smager himmelråbende godt. 98 point."

97-98/100 Bettane & Desseauve

97/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"Tasted on two separate occasions, the 2016 Château Pape Clément never failed to impress, offering a huge, powerful, full-bodied personality as well as beautiful notes of cassis, graphite, high-class cigar tobacco, asphalt, and graphite. About as sexy as it gets in the vintage, with silky tannins and loads of fruit, it’s perfectly balanced and has a great finish. The 2016 is a blend of 60% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, all raised in 60% new barrels."

97/100 Alexandre Ma

96/100 Antonio Galloni
"The 2016 Pape Clément is fabulous. Racy and sumptuous in the glass, the 2016 captures the style that now characterizes Bernard Magrez's wines from his estate in Pessac. Specifically, the 2016 is wonderfully deep in the glass, and yet retains terrific freshness as well. A rush of dark cherry, plum, smoke, scorched earth, grilled herb, leather and menthol builds as the 2016 shows off its compelling, inviting personality."

96/100 Robert Parker
"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."

96/100 Wine Spectator
"This takes a slightly different tack than many of its Pessac colleagues, relying less on bramble and tar and more on alluring toast, with mocha, anise, wood spice and black tea notes draped liberally over the core of sappy kirsch and cherry preserve flavors. Plush and suave through the finish, though this needs a bit of time for the wood elements to be fully integrated with the fruit. For fans of the flashier, cashmere-textured style. Best from 2023 through 2037."

96/100 The Wine Independent

96/100 Tastingbook.com

96/100 Vert de Vin Magazine
“Very smoky, noble and deep nose, tobacco, dark berries, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, leather, great aromatic potential. Almost harmless in the beginning, then the wine grabs you, finest tannins, very rich fruit, some creaminess, but not clumsy, no dominance of oak, very juicy and straightforward, taut, clear and precise, spicy and spirited on the finish. Confirms the class of previous years, Bravo.”

96/100 VV Wine
“Open nose with ripe fruit, expressive, spicy, with tobacco, herbs, some charred wood, plus dark blackberry fruit, a hint of chocolate, complex. Creamy on the palate, accessible, surprisingly easy to drink, with fine-grained tannins, good balance of wood and fruit, the wine has traction, precision, power and yet freshness. Ends long-lasting and very harmonious.”

96/100 Izak Litwar, Great Bordeaux Wines

96/100 Vinous
“The 2016 Pape Clément bursts out of the glass, offering ripe blackberry, raspberry, 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.”

95/100 Wine Enthusiast
"This is a serious, structured wine with fine tannins as well as acidity. There is a depth of flavor in this elegant wine, with black currant fruit and great structure. A wine for the long haul."

95/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Deep in color, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and packed with layers of dark red fruits. The texture is lush, the fruit is sweet, powerful ripe and juicy. On the palate you find dense, ripe, sweet, smoky blackberries, cigar box, espresso and licorice. Even with all this heft, you still find energy in the finish. I am really liking the elegance and restraint found here due to lower ABV and a more restrained use of new oak. Still, this needs at least 12 years or so of aging, before it really starts maturing.

95/100 Decanter
"An extremely attractive Pape Clement, with its own style and the feeling of the fruit being layered over a silky, seductive line of dark chocolate and tarry oak – and it works. This is big but has good balance, not over the top. It's enjoyable, silky and richly textured, and will age well. The tannins start to build on the finish, with a chewy quality that speaks of the extraction. There’s a lot to enjoy here."

94-95/100 Vert de Vin Magazine
"The nose is elegant, fresh, fruity, nicely racy, finely gourmand and offers a fine intensity. It reveals notes of cassis, blueberry, strawberry and hints of flowers (violet, blueberry) combined with a discreet hint of licorice, sweet spices, wood, a small hint of oriental spices as well as a very discreet hint of Sichuan pepper and an imperceptible hint of coffee. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, tight and offers freshness, straightness, a good structure, tension, a fine acid frame and a fine minerality. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of fresh / ripe blackberry, fresh/ripe redcurrant/raspberry and slight notes of cassis associated with hints of chocolate, toasted oak / roasting as well as a discreet hint of flowers, blue fruits and a very discreet hint of Sichuan pepper on the finish. Tannins are fine and well-built. Good length. Beautiful and gourmande persistence. There is a subtle hint of caramelization and hazelnut / vanilla on persistence."

94-95/100 Vinum Magazin
"Still showing signs of aging, but of clear class, superb, consistently dense tannins, great, fruity length, excellently made, a must."

19,5/20 Le Figaro

19/20 Weinwisser

Château Pape Clément

Grand Vin: Château Pape-Clément, Grand Cru Classé (1959, Graves) 
2. Vin: Le Clémentin de Pape Clément 
Beliggenhed: Pessac, Pessac-Léognan 
Beplantet areal: 35 ha (+ 3ha hvidvinsdruer)
Plantede druesorter: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc
Fadmodning: 20 mdr. 60% ny barrique