Region: Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux
Grapes: 55% Sauvignon Blanc, 45% Semillon
Alcohol: 14%
Website: https://bernard-magrez.com/en/vin/chateau-pape-clement-grand-vin-de-graves-2/
🌟 Was rewarded by James Suckling + Robert Parker full mark white wine
🌟 Bordeaux best white wine region - Pessac Leognan
🌟 One of the best white wine of Bordeaux - Pape Clement Blanc
🌟 Terra Vitis + HVE3
🏅 James Suckling 97-98 pts
🏅 VInous 93-96 pts
🏅 Wine Advocate 94+ pts
🏅 Vivino 4.2
Known to be one of the oldest Bordeaux Grands Crus, the estate’s vineyard was established by Bertrand de Goth, who in 1305 became Pope Clément V, the name which was subsequently given to the Château. The first harvest there took place in 1252, laying the foundations for an outstanding cultural heritage. It was in 1980 that Bernard Magrez acquired the estate. Since then, he has endeavoured to pay his respects to it daily and to glorify this magnificent property which has witnessed part of France’s history.
Located in Pessac, Château Pape Clément belongs to the Pessac-Léognan appellation contrôlée and the wider Graves wine region. Containing exceptional soils, the estate’s superb terroir creates a synergy between passion and work. Each plot, vine and grape is carefully tended according to vine-growing tenets developed over centuries.
This terroir stretches over three plots surrounding the Château and benefits from both ancestral savoir-faire and cutting-edge technology. In enhancing it but also respecting it, we seek to ensure that it continues to offer us its purest quintessential qualities.
The most stringent pruning and de-leafing are carried out, while animal traction is used in the vineyard rows. De-stemming of the bunches is done by hand, followed by the most rigorous vinification and ageing processes.
The degree of care and attention lavished on the vineyards of this Grand Cru is quite simply extraordinary. On tasting, the wine offers a whirlwind of exquisite flavours in which smoothness of texture and finesse intermingle harmoniously.
In its superb array of aromatics, the wine reveals an expressive, complex nose and a clean, round and smooth attack on the palate. All the beauty of a Grand Cru expressed with sheer elegance.
Our vineyard has been awarded the following eco-friendly vine-growing certifications:
🏅 James Suckling 97-98 pts
This is so serious with incredible density and a chewy texture. Focused and tight. Layered and fascinating. Lots of minerals and lemon rind. Great young white. Can’t wait to see it after its elevage.
🏅 Wine Advocate 94+ pts
The Pape Clement 2017 Blanc (composed of 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Sémillon) has loads of exotic fruit—pineapple, green guava and passion fruit—with crushed stones, fragrant herbs and mandarin peel hints. The palate is medium-bodied, intense and racy with a long, pure, exotic fruit finish.
🏅 VInous 93-96 pts
A white of real distinction and class, the 2017 Pape Clément Blanc is textured, racy and super-inviting. Stylistically, the 2017 is more citrus and floral driven than in the past. Tropical notes and the more unctuous feel that are typical of the Blanc are present, but less overt than in the past. Above all else, in 2017 the Blanc stands out for its exceptional purity, nuance and delineation. The Blanc has been nothing else than deeply impressive on the four occasions I have tasted it so far.
$820/bottle
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