Product Description
The 2005 Chateau Pape Clement is a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine can be drunk up until 2040.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 96
The 2005 Pape Clement is a blockbuster. Rich, heady and explosive, the 2005 packs a serious punch. Inky black fruit, new leather, spice, menthol, chocolate, gravel and scorched earth are all kicked up in this decidedly flamboyant Pessac-Leognan. The 2005 boasts tremendous depth, but equally lavish new oak. Even with all of the oak, the 2005 is fabulous. It just could have been more, a lot more. Ultimately, the 2005 is a wine of its era more than anything else.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2035
Robert Parker 99
Owned by Bernard Magrez, this great terroir a few miles from Haut Brion and La Mission Haut Brion has produced one of the superstars of the vintage. A blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, Pape Clement’s 2005 has an opaque purple color and smoky barbecue and chocolaty notes intermixed with cassis and blackberries. There is also some underlying minerality in this full-bodied, super-concentrated wine, which has wonderfully sweet, well-integrated tannins. This majestic, multidimensional wines is one of the great, great wines of the vintage. It should drink well for at least another 25 years.
Anticipated maturity: 2015-2040
Producer Profile
Red Wine
Area under vines: 60 hectares
Soils: Gravel and limestone
Average age of the vines: 25 years
Planting density: 7000 to 9000 vines/ha
Production: 110 000 bottles a year
Ageing: in 70% new oak barrels for 18 to 20 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 46%
- Merlot 49%
- Cabernet Franc 3%
- Petit Verdot 2%
White Wine
Area under vines: 3 hectares
Soils: Gravel and limestone
Average age of the vines: 25 years
Planting density: 7000 to 9000 vines/ha
Production: 9500 bottles a year
Ageing: in 70% new oak barrels for 12 months
Grape varieties:
- Sauvignon 45%
- Semillon 45%
- Muscadelle 5%
- Sauvignon Gris 5%
The Chateau makes two other wines:
- Le Clémentin du Château de Pape Clément :
- Area under vines: 57 hectares
- Average age of the vines: 30 years
Ageing: in 100% new oak barrels for 18 months - Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 60%
- Merlot 40%
- Le Prélat du Château Pape Clément :
- Ageing: in 50% new oak barrels for 14-16 months
- Average age of the vines: 20 years
- Grape varieties:
- Sauvignon Blanc
Learn more about Château Pape Clément here
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