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Tasting notes
Score 94/100 · Wine Spectator

Aromas of iodine, pipe tobacco and red fruits follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and intense flavors of tar, berry, and licorice. Beautiful texture too. Long and seductive. Really excellent.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. 11,000 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2009

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

94
94/100

Wine Spectator

92
92/100

Robert Parker

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92 points
Robert Parker
Score 92/100 · Robert Parker

Possessing the quintessential Graves elegance and perfume, the 1988 is impressively deep in color for a Graves, with a thrillingly fragrant nose of roasted chestnuts, tobacco, currants, and earthy stones. One notices that this is an atypically backward, full Pape-Clement, but there is wonderful ripeness, and high, velvety tannins. The finish is all smoky-scented black-cherries. Anticipated maturity: Now-2008. Feb 1993, www.robertparker.com

About the producer

Château Pape Clément 1:1
Pape Clement

Among the oldest estates in Bordeaux, Ch. Pape Clément has been guided into the modern era by Bernard Magrez, who has managed the estate since 1985. It makes some of the best reds in the region.

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