2020 Château Pape Clément Pessac Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves

A powerful and luxurious 50/50 Cabernet and Merlot blend from Graves, featuring dark ripe fruit, chocolate, and well-integrated tannins, perfect for aging.

Producer

Château Pape Clément

Region

Pessac-Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux

Country

France

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Varietal Composition

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot

Specifications

2020

Vintage

2048

Drink By

14

%

ABV

Vinification

Grapes are harvested, sorted, and destemmed manually, before 30-40 days of pre-fermentation maceration in 30-70HL wooden vats, then moved to French oak barrels for primary and malolactic fermentation, then aging for 18 months

Occasional wine note

A classic Bordeaux from the Graves region of Bordeaux's Left Bank. We just love the 50/50 Cab / Merlot blend. It's powerful and luxurious. Great dark ripe fruit, chocolate, baking spice, and well-integrated tannins. You can show this one of off for decades!

What experts say about this wine

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100

James Suckling

Lots of blackberry, iodine and crushed stone here. Some black pepper and graphite, too. Full body and medium, fine tannins that have a powdery texture and open in the mouth. So much going on. Iodine and iron undertones with some raw mushroom bring you back for more. Muscular. This is for the cellar. Drink after 2027.

97

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100

Jeb Dunnuck

I loved the 2020 Château Pape Clément, and this beauty is up there with the top wines in Pessac. Checking in as equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, aged 18 months in 90% barrels and 10% in foudre, it offers a deep purple hue to go with a powerful, concentrated profile displaying both red and black fruits, lots of spicy, chocolate, flowery incense nuances, full-bodied richness, and an almost salty, bloody character on the finish. This beauty shows the concentrated yet utterly classic, focused, elegant style of the vintage and has so much to love.

pairing recommendation

Red Meat

Black Pepper

Peppers

Mushroom

Hard Cheese

2020 Château Pape Clément Pessac Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves

98

Vivino Rating
4.3

2020 Château Pape Clément Pessac Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves

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