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2017 Château Pape Clément Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
94-96+/100
Product: 20178011521
2017 Château Pape Clément Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

There is an attractive restraint about Ch. Pape Clément's white this year with pleasing notes of fresh lemon and citrus, white stone-fruit and peach. This is a blend of 55 percent Sauvignon Blanc and 45 percent Sémillon with 20 percent fermented in concrete eggs. The palate is fresh, clean and precise with oily acidity and a long, mineral finish. 
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 14
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pape Clément

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 94-96+/100
A blend of 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Smillon, the Pape Clement 2017 Blanc gives up profound notes of apricots, spiced pears and apple tart with suggestions of orange blossoms, fresh ginger and beeswax. The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of tightly wound, intense stone fruit and spicy layers supported by fantastic freshness, finishing very long.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 27/04/2018
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Apr 2018)

About this wine

Chateau Pape Clement

Château Pape Clément is a Cru Classé Graves property that has one of the oldest documented histories of any Bordeaux vineyard, having been planted in 1300 by Bernard de Groth, the future Pope Clément V. In 1939 the estate was bought by the Montagne family and is now owned and run by Léo Montagne. Pape Clément is located in the Bordeaux suburb of Pessac and consists of a chai and 32 hectares of vineyards, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (40%) and small amounts of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle. The quality of the wines at Pape Clément slipped in the 1960s and 70s, largely because of under-investment. Bernard Magrez was appointed as general manager in 1985 and he turned Pape Clément's fortunes around. He introduced more rigorous selection in the vineyards, as well as installing stainless steel vats and raising the percentage of new oak casks used in the maturation process. Pape Clément now produces one of the finest clarets in Pessac-Léognan.
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