| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2016 Château Pape ClémentPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/29/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 pointsVery dark ruby in color, the smoky blackberries, cigar box and licorice aromatics are singing. There is a lot of freshness to the fruit, and the lower alcohol levels make the wine feel lighter and refreshing on the palate, especially in the silky finish. This vintage shows elegance, complexity and restraint. The wine was produced from a blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, reaching 13.5% alcohol. The wine is being aged in 60% new, French oak barrels. The harvest took place from September 13 to October 19. |
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5/21/2017 - wineforth Likes this wine: 96 pointsLords en primeur tasting. Inky black, sweet entry, mouth puckering tannins. Huge body and length. All potential and without fault. I bought some and as this will take an age to evolve I expect to have to keep it whilst I drink most of the other 16's. |
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5/28/2017 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 94 points2016 En Primeur (tasted 26 May 2017) - Very precise, high tone ripe fruits, tobacco. Full body, powerful and long. |
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6/22/2017 - PSPatrick wrote: 92 pointsBarrel sample. The wine was medium to dark ruby, almost purplish in colour. It offered red and dark fruit, oak, vanilla and a hint of smoke on the nose and palate, with medium-level acidity, fine, smooth, medium-plus tannin, and very good length. This medium-bodied wine was very smooth and very balanced despite its youth, yet (only) had average concentration on the palate. It distinguished itself by its great, silky mouthfeel. 92+ for now. |
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5/12/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 pointsInky, dark in hue, the wine offers its lush, smoke-filled, black fruits and tobacco notes with ease. Dense, rich and concentrated, the tannins are silky and the finish displays layers of ripe, richly dark red fruits. The wine combines elegance, complexity and refined characteristics that will only show its best with 12 -15 years or more of age. |
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11/5/2018 - valedeniro wrote: 93 pointsLovely nose shows black and blue fruits,licorice,floral aromas and hints of truffle and smoke.On the palate the wine comes across as smooth,supple and well balanced.Very enjoyable,but lacks that extra little bit of power and depth that in my view would have made it truly great.Tasted side by side with Pontet-Canet 2016,this is clearly a step down from the brilliant Pontet-Canet. |
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11/7/2018 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 95 pointsArvi Standing Bordeaux 2016 Tasting (Dolder Grand, Zurich): Intense and slightly medicinal notes. Dark and blue fruits / berries with discreet leather. Palate showed great balance and layered complexity with a long finish similar to the Smith Haut Lafitte - in a stand-off the latter wins, however. |
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11/11/2018 - Cailles wrote: 94 pointsBordeaux 2016: A first glimpse of the 2016 vintage at a UCG/merchant tasting. The aromatic depth and the soft and accessible structure are amazing and clearly ahead of the 2015s which were more on the fruitier, riper side but often less deep and especially on the left bank more austere (despite the hot vintage). 2015 seems a right bank year, while 2016 might turn out to be THE left bank year. I’ve tasted some 15 wines only (not all reviewed) with the Pichon Comtesse (98, best young left bank I’ve had to date) clearly at the top, followed by the Figeac (97, so much depth) and Carmes Haut Brion (96, probably the number one underrated and upcoming winery in Bordeaux). Positive surprises were the Léoville Barton (96, pure precision and coolness) and the Pape Clement (so seductive) with great quality/price ratios. Even I’ve bought a ton of 2016s en Primeur I would buy more after this tasting if it wasn’t for 2018 lining up to be another exceptional vintage. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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1/15/2019 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 94 pointsTasting some Pessac-Léognans 2016 vintage (Château Bouscaut): This is elegant yet rich, bien sûr. Yet, the slow transformation away from excessive richness and extraction is bearing fruit at this estate as the quality of its terroir is undeniable - and showing more. A somewhat cooler vintage like 2016 suits the estate well. One of the best from bottle in recent years that I can recall. Bravo! |
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1/23/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: NRUGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Lots of ripe (almost roasted) black fruit, liqueur, vanilla, and blackberry jam. Yet this is able to nimbly retain balance and almost seem elegant. A very big wine and exciting. 93-95 point potential. |
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1/25/2019 - Purple Tooth wrote: 95 pointsIm glad that Pape Clement is back on track in 2016. This is clearly 2 good notches above 2015 in that it is not throwing in the towel by hanging too long as it seemed to have done last year. This is crisp, single pieced with balance and power is the theme as it always is with PC, with one huge improvement: The oak treatment is in harmony with the wine and isn't poking out! Had to buy some this year!! Lovely, but needs 10 years plus to lift the skirt above the knees. I think this will gain points with time. HOLD |
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1/25/2019 - drwine2001 wrote: NRSelective Sampling of the UGC Tasting of 2016 Bordeaux (Metreon, San Francisco): Earth and herbs. Elegant weight. Palate herbaceous with high acidity. |
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1/27/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 94 points94. Able to drink now but should hold until 2025 |
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1/28/2019 - alanr wrote: 89 pointsUGC SF - Medium full body, medium rich, touch ripe, hint oak sweetness, a bit too lush and forward, has a slight bitter note on the finish. |
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1/21/2019 - tomoem Likes this wine: 94 pointsZachys Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016 (New York City, NY): A reserved and ready to age beauty. Medium bodied but with tannins that are simply too large to explain. Yet the fruit is present and is surrounded by earthy characters like tobacco leaf, a small amount of vegetable and asphalt. |
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1/26/2019 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 96 pointsUnion des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016 Vintage Tasting (Las Vegas, NV): This deep ruby wine is a blend of 60% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. Teeming with black fruit, truffle, lavender, anise and cocoa on both the nose and palate, it is a medium-to-full-bodied specimen with fresh acidity, big sweet tannins, seamless alcohol and a judicious amount of oak. Solid in the middle and very long on the finish, this is classic in quality. Its soft textures make it drinkable now, but patience will definitely be rewarded for those who can resist. Drink 2025-2041. |
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2/3/2019 - mcease wrote: 95 pointsNose was fairly closed but the pallet was seductive with black and red fruit, along with some oak, and caramel. The finish lingered for 30+ seconds. Very good effort. |
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2/10/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 pointsDeeply colored the wine is fleshy, fruity, full bodied, concentrated and filled with ripe, sweet, lush, smoky blackberries, cigar box and licorice. The fruit has vibrancy, and freshness, with lower alcohol and better integrated oak, allowing the wine to be enjoyed earlier than other, more recent vintages. I am really liking the elegance and restraint found here. |
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2/25/2019 - FransS wrote: 96 pointsThe 2016 vintage UGCB tasting in Amsterdam 2/25/2019; 2/25/2019-2/27/2019 (Amsterdam): The masculine style, so a bit severe bouquet, every aspect a bit hefty (but less than in the '15), however the balance is recognizable, missing just a bit the extreme length of the Haut-Bailly. |
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1/25/2019 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 93 pointsSaturated dark ruby color; cedar, cassis nose; silky textured, cassis, red currant palate with good balancing acidity; long finish (50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot) |
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2/25/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: NRAmsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Beurs van Berlage / Café De Klepel): Lifted nose bordering on volatile, cherries and spices, very convincing palate, velvety and rich, but fresh, floral and engaging, finely grained tannins. Not rated, but good bottles might well be around the 95 mark. |
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3/8/2019 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 pointsBricky, blackberry, smoke, and oak; lots of purity and depth. Lots of muscle but much more supple, elegant, and balanced than where the wines were 15 years ago. |
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3/9/2019 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 pointsTasted @ bigger Bordeaux 2016 arrivage tasting. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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3/9/2019 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 97 pointsArvi Bordeaux 2016 Arrivage (Park Hyatt, Zurich): Enticing, sexy fruit with some forest floor and fresh herbs (we thought oregano). Great balance with a fresh and round fruit-forward finish. In terms of scoring the largest delta vs my previous tasting where I scored this 95. Any occasion will always be the right ocasion to pop one of these bottles. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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3/9/2019 - Cailles wrote: 95 pointsBordeaux 2016 II: A second look at the 2016 confirmed my inital assessment from a tasting back in November: a) they‘re very deep, b) with perfectly ripe, fine tannins, c) a very good, well-integrated acidity and d) an incredible balance and elegance even at this young stage also thanks to a low(er) alcohol level (than in 2009 or 2015). They‘re outerwordly good and a lot of the wines tasted were quite accessible. In my opinion, they‘re clearly ahead of the 2015 vintage (better, i.e. lower ripeness level; lower alcohol; more elegance). Best wine today was the Leoville Las Cases (98+) on par with the Pichon Comtesse back in November. Honorable mentions for the Figeac (97+), Carmes Haut Brion (96+), the Pape Clement (best ever at 95+) and an again singular Yquem (97+). |
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