France Bordeaux Château Pape ClémentPape Clement

1989 Pape Clement

Pape Clement

89Average Score

Bordeaux / France

Red

Neither the 1989 or 1990 performed as well as I might have hoped. The 1989 was tight, with a lean, austere personality, as well as astringent tannin. It exhibited medium-weight and ripe fruit, but the charm and suppleness this wine displayed the first several years after bottling appears to have gone into hiding, replaced by the wine's structure. This impenetrable 1989 requires 4-5 years of cellaring. Whether the tannin will melt away sufficiently for the wine to exhibit complete harmony is doubtful. Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com

Robert Parker Score: 87/100

12x75cl	-	0 Immediate \| 2 Marketplace	£2,263.00
Bts	-	0 Immediate \| 1 Marketplace	£190.00
6x75cl	-	0 Immediate \| 1 Marketplace	£1,133.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Elegant and well made. Color is medium-dark ruby. Aromas of dried cherries and licorice. Full-bodied and well structured, with compacted velvety tannins and a long aftertaste of chocolate and fruit and hints of earth.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2004. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1999

Wine SpectatorScore: 90/100

Robert ParkerScore: 87/100

About The Producer

The producer

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This Pessac-Léognan property boasts seven centuries of history. In 1305, during the reign of King Philip I of Castile, the property's owner the Archbishop of Bordeaux Bertrand de Goth was appointed pope. His new title as Clément V meant he had to give up the property to the church but not before he had given his name to it: Château Pape Clément.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

Pessac Leognan

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window