Chateau Pape Clement 2024

JEB DUNNUCK: "Ripe currants, scorched earth, and graphite all emerge from the 2024 Château Pape Clément, which shows a terrific sense of minerality. Based on 53% Merlot and 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, it's medium to full-bodied, fresh, and focused, with ultra-fine tannins. This understated, seamless, and beautifully balanced Pessac-Léognan is well worth your time and money. Just classic stuff."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "Deep garnet-purple colored. Prances out with showy notes of raspberry coulis, fresh black currants, and plums, plus suggestions of cinnamon stick, lilac, and fertile loam. The light to medium-bodied palate has great tension and fine-grained tannins supporting the vibrant black and red berry flavors, finishing long and fragrant. The intensity and black fruit on here with no form of must concentration is impressive!"

JAMES SUCKLING: "A rich wine for this vintage, showing roasted spices and some dark chocolate to the blackcurrants, pine cones and berries. Sour cherries with sharp acidity and nicely chewy tannins on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Good structure and length."

WEINWISSER: "komplexes Bouquet, zarte schwarzbeerige Konturen, Pfefferschote, dominikanischer Tabak und Schokopastillen. Am mächtigen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, engmaschigem Tanningerüst, gut stützender Rasse, mächtigem Körper. Im konzentrierten, langen Finale Schattenmorellensaft und dunkles Grafit, Potenzialwertung."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Tobacco, smoke, chocolate, and black cherries reveal their essence in the perfume, as well as on the medium- to full-bodied palate. The fruits on the mid-palate are juicy, crisp, and tannic, with a nice touch of salty cherries, chalk, chocolate, and spice that is on display from start to finish. Aging takes place in 40% new, French oak, amphora, and other assorted, neutral vessels. The wine blends 53% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2028-2048."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zarte Edelholzwürze, ein Hauch von Herzkirschen und Pflaumen, tabakige Nuancen. Mittlere Komplexität. feine Süße, zartes Nougat, feiner Säurebogen, mineralisch, bleibt haften, wird von Reife profitieren, ein balancierter Speisenbegleiter."

ANSON: "Sweet damson fruit, concentration through the mid palate that balances out the austerity on the opening. These are tannins with ageing ability. Harvest September 23 through to October 11. 50% new oak, with the rest between larger oak casks, one year old oak and amphora. Bernard Magrez owner, Julien Viaud consultant. 60ha today, did get as high as 90ha but they are back to focusing on the original Pauillac vineyards boht for the red and white wines."

VINUM: "Noble, vom Barrique geprägte Nase, deutlich blonder Tabak, Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Sahne; gut strukturierter Gaumen, knackige Frucht, kernige, reife Gerbstoffe, die Säure verleiht Zug, im Abgang von sehr guter Länge, hallt rotfruchtig nach. Kein grosser, jedoch ein ausgewogener Pape-Clément, der rasch Spass machen wird und dennoch gut reifen dürfte."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "A smoky, oaky bouquet of spices, incense and dark berries prefaces the 2024 Pape Clément, a moderately weighted, supple and open-knit palate built around tangy acids and brittle tannins."