Lisa Perrotti Brown am 30.11.2018
Blended of 60% Merlot. 36% Cabernet Sauvignon. 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. the 2016 Pape Clement has a deep garnet-purple color and quite a serious. earthy nose with truffles. tilled soil. underbrush and smoked meats over a cassis. baked plums and redcurrants core plus a touch of lavender. Medium to full-bodied. firm and grainy. the palate is built like a brick house. supporting muscular black fruit and earthy notions and finishing very long and mineral laced.
Antonio Galloni Januar 2019:
The 2016 Pape Clément is fabulous. Racy and sumptuous in the glass. the 2016 captures the style that now characterizes Bernard Magrez's wines from his estate in Pessac. Specifically. the 2016 is wonderfully deep in the glass. and yet retains terrific freshness as well. A rush of dark cherry. plum. smoke. scorched earth. grilled herb. leather and menthol builds as the 2016 shows off its compelling. inviting personality. I would prefer to give the 2016 at least a few years in bottle to allow its full breadth of aromatics to develop. Even so. there is so much to like. Pliant. supple and super-expressive. Pape Clément is gorgeous in 2016. Tasted two times.
James Suckling Januar 2019:
Stunning concentration of perfectly ripe blackcurrants here with a delicate whiff of vanilla oak and extremely fine tannins that are almost perfectly integrated on the seductive and delicate palate. right through the almost literally breathtaking. super-long and very polished finish. Try from 2022.
Vinous / Neal Martin Januar 2019:
The 2016 Pape Clément bursts out of the glass. offering ripe blackberry. raspberry
coulis. fresh mint and hints of licorice on the well-defined nose. It is perhaps a little more opulent than its peers. but unlike in the past. I don’t find it excessive. The palate is well balanced with supple tannin. There is a killer line of acidity and real
panache toward a velvety. almost Pauillac-like finish armed with shimmering black fruit laced with graphite.