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2010 Chateau Pape Clement Blanc
- Pessac-Leognan, France
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 196 / 750ml
- White - Green and Flinty
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Critic tasting note: "Sweet, rich, fat, juicy and packed with fresh, ripe, citrus, grapefruit, vanilla bean, stone and candied lemon peel, the wine is concentrated, vibrant and lively and a lot of pep and energy. 94 Points" - 94/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Highlights
- From Pessac-Leognan, France
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 196 / 750ml
- White Wine – Green and Flinty
- Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon
- Pairs well with Meaty and Oily Fish
Winery
Château Pape Clément is a grand cru wine estate in the Pessac-Léognan appellation in Graves. It is one of the oldest estates in Bordeaux, dating back to the 13th Century, and is now just 15 minutes from the center of Bordeau...
Details
- Region or Appellation
- Drinking Window
- 2012-2026
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon & Sauvignon Gris
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Ownership
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Bernard Magrez
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Parcel based management - Natural grass growing, oxen and horse-drawn ploughing between vine rows - Integrated pest management - Debudding, removal of side shoots, green harvesting. Terra Vitis Label and HVE3 Label (high environmental value 3th level )
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- Harvest Notes
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Manual harvest in 2 passes.
- Winemaking
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- Manual filling into the pneumatic press - Pressing of the whole berries with slow pressure without crumbling, under inert atmosphere to protect the aromas - Run off of the juice into oak barrels by gravity flow - Settling and fermentation in French oak barrels - Aging on the lees, stirring of the lees - 15% of the wine is aged in a egg concrete tank.
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- Ageing
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16 months in oak barrels
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(1)About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Wood roasted polenta Starter Course
- With taleggio and chiodini mushrooms
- Italian
- Tartiflette Main Course
- Potato baked with Reblochon cheese
- French
- Dover sole meunière Main Course
- Lemon and butter sauce
- Contains: meunière sauce
- French
- Livarot Cheese Course
- French
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User Ratings
(16)Compare vintages
Vintage quality: Legendary
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
The 2010 vintage for Bordeaux is recognized as legendary across the board.
A truly great year, despite an exceedingly dry growing season that was not without its problems but, in the end, delivered.
A cold winter delayed the initial vine growth, which slo...
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