1996 Château Pape Clément

Community Tasting Note

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92 Points

Thursday, January 24, 2013 - mature Bordeaux wine evening (Wine-Bar, Nahalat Binyamin, TLV): dark red-brwon with amber rim.
expressive nose of rich black cherry and dark fruits with a good amount of lead pencil, black pepper, tobacco, mint, and charred oak.
however lean fruits showing red cherries, tart raspberries, lead pencil shavings, black pepper spice, licorice, and some smokey oak.
the crisp acidity is balanced by a moderate amount of round tannins.
long ending on notes of red cherries.
though not very complex, the balance is there.
it will continue to improve and should be given at least a couple more years of bottle age.
very enjoyable.

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