A classic Bordeaux, sedative bouquet, earthy, crushed fresh blackberries, currant, cedar box, pencil lead, extremely charming and elegant, ultra smooth, keep sniffing it, couldn’t put down the glass, this wine is peaking and started developing secondary bouquet, it will drink well for next decade or so, what a lovely wine! It out-drinks the wines that cost more than double.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Drank over 48 hours. Sitting in front of my last glass. Superripe, highly complex, blackcurrants, plum, bitter cocoa, tobacco and warm stones. Big, plush and chewy tannins, with compelling generosity of texture to the flavors of plum, minerals, tobacco and woodsmoke. This wine can age for long-time. I believe the tannins will better integrate over time as they are now almost omnipresent. It is a great examples of Graves.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Bert's pension party part 2; Bordeaux (@ BV): Beautiful, elegant and complex bouquet with dark berries, sweet spices, beautiful oak and cedar, some licorice and graphite. Same on the palate, juicy dark berries, coffee, caramel, beautiful acidity and a mild bite of the round tannin. Beautiful, luxurious and great, complex wine. 94 - 95
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Dark, deep clear garnet color. Blood orange and cranberries on the nose that reminds me of an aged Barolo. Drinks tight despite a lengthy decant. Quite tannic with delicious Valencia orange, bitter cocoa, vanilla bean, and mixed raspberries and blackberries. Try again in 2030, when I expect it will be better-integrated and much improved.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Started rather closed but opened to a beautifully engaging wine. Dark fruited. After opening, presented an interesting blend of lush balanced fruit and still puckering tannins to finish. Blackberries and dark plum. Drying savoury finish.
Approximately eight hour slow ox. Opaque gritty purple color. Blackberry, plum, and mushroom. Super smooth palate, with soft, lingering acidity. Firm, lower intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This was a pretty healthy pour from the restaurant manager at the end of the evening. He wanted me to buy a bottle to take home. It was good, but not quite good enough for that.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Delicious! All it takes is one smell of the glass and you will fall in love with this wine. So great! Signature Pessac aromas and flavor profile. I love the dominant wet earth and asphalt in this wine. There is no possible way you could drink this blind and think it is anything other than left bank Bordeaux. Early maturity and in a really good spot right now. Decanted for 1 hour.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Opening up the wine for 1 hour before decanting it. It kept evolving for 3-4 hours after decanting. Color: deep ruby. Nose: smoke, tabacco, forest floor, Japanese soy sauce. Palate: resolving tannin, medium acidity, well-balanced, with a hint of sweet spice and bell pepper. Finish: long, sweet, and fruity. Maybe in or near its plateau.
Medium (+) Acidty Medium (+) Tannins Medium Alcohol Full Bodied Long Finish
Medium (+) Intensity - Blackberry, Blueberry, Black Cherry, Cassis, Smoke, Tobacco, Cedar, Forest floor.
Intense and ripe black fruits, accompanied by smoke, earthiness, some spiciness and oakiness, the acidity is firm and precise, with ripe, chewy and well integrated tannins. A wine with great structure, concentration, intensity and finish, drinks well now, but still have a long life ahead.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Will not disappoint and in good shape. Some musty smog blew off after 20 minutes in the glass and sweet scents of dried fragrant roses, dark cherry, cedar, and pipe tobacco humidor arose. The palate is impressive with deep cassis and textures of resolving tannins and balanced acidity.
Overall: classically restrained but far from mute, plus balanced and well integrated. I would drink over the next 2-3 years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
The was one of the few high fliers from the 2006 vintage and it lives up to the initial plaudits. Interestingly, it is very ready to drink and in its prime drinking window. The near equal Cabernet/Merlot split seems to bring the best out of both, with a sensuous fruit driven nose and a chewy front palate, but with with robust balanced depth and an excellent finish. Highly recommended. 94+
The nose was very complex and more interesting than the mouth. A textbook bordeaux, but in the mouth it is plagued by some harsh astringency (vintage?). Moreover, focus was also very much on coffee-related aromas, I kinda missed some more fresh fruit. I would have scored this a point higher, but the Solengo 2008 that came after was clearly better (but not on my level for scoring 92), so...
Glad to have shared this bottle with people who have enjoyed it far more than I did, so your mileage may vary
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
I am so surprised at the accessibility of the wine at a relatively young age and its quality in an off year. Possibly this this must be up there with the best of the vintage. It still needs a few hours in the decanter to blow away any tannic edges. It is already showing bricking and possesses a deeply aromatic nose of red berry fruits, with vanilla and oak now becoming present. The tannin is firm on the palate and finish, but with no residual grip. The finish is balanced and pushes 30 seconds. This is still in development and has the structure to be drinking for the next 20 years, but is so enjoyable now with sufficient aeration. 94+
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Decant for 2 hours in advance, tasted blind would think it's a pomerol, with velvety mouthfeel, nice ripe nose, with dark fruits and some cab greeness.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Evolving nicely. Rich and complex with a finish that simply wanted to last forever. This wine still has a tense structure that a decant will overcome. Could easily cellar for another 20 years.
Lockdown solo Session: this wine alongside enate reserva especial of the same vintage. Both Bordeaux blends consisting of CS&Merlot, grown not that far from each other in global terms - some 400 Km - yet somehow universes apart. The Pape Clement offered structure, a mix of spicy dark fruit laced with a good dose of acidity.....earthy Tones intermingle....quite a lot of character, balance is not out of this world...compared to the enate bottle extremely little fruit more the kind you associate with very dark chocolate, almost bitter and nothing jammy ..... qpr is so-so....depending on the price you are paying. This bottle was, despite its somehow less generous style, empty much faster than the spanish bx blend. And I dont think this is going anywhere further but will likely stay at this level for a few years.....
Deep ruby. Fresh dark fruits, chocolate and oak on the nose. Fine, medium+ tannins and medium acidity. Could still get better with a couple of years still in the cellar.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
One the handful of Bordeaux wines from the year to receive critical acclaim, I have been undecided when to start drinking this and have held off until now. I need not have worried as it is drinking wonderfully, albeit with 6 hours in the decanter to be on the safe side. Although in the earlier stages of its drinking window, it is starting to show some secondary notes and is highly approachable. It is a very elegant wine and is deeply perfumed on the nose with ripe strawberry and raspberry notes prominent. The palate is earthy and still with a strong tannic backbone, but it is in perfect balance and leaves no residual sourness on the finish which is 30+ seconds. This is still in evolvement, and hopefully will continue to improve as the tannin integrates, but is already a cracking drink.
Restrained, elegant, refined, and in wonderful balance right now. Plenty of fruit leading to tertiary forest floor notes with a hint of oak in the background. Tremendous.
Deep ruby. Looks young and fierce. Big plum and dark cherry nose. No noticeable alcohol unlike the Troplong 06 I drank beside it. Rich and lush, just about under control without being over the top or a fruit bomb. Certain for the Napa loving Bordeaux enthusiasts but I thought it was a fun juicy wine that handled the dryness of the year well with no green or dry tannins in sight. Very much in its primary phase of drinking and should mellow and develop further complexity. Fair to good QPR.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
CB Wine Night #11 - Pape Clement Blind Vertical!: Notes to come. Wine #5 was another 2006 - drinking nicely tonight as well but somehow this bottle was slightly behind the other 2006 bottle.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
I’ve recently been checking in on the 2006 Bordeaux vintage and am very pleased with its progress, especially with this Pape Clement. So far, this is the best 2006 Bordeaux I have tasted. There is an incredible energy and tension in this wine suggesting that while it is tightly wound now, it is going to evolve into something incredible with 10+ more years of aging. While it is drinkable now, it will be so much better once it is fully mature. Tonight’s tasting started out with a restrained nose, but after a 2 hour decant and coaxing in the glass, scents of cassis and blueish fruit laced with graphite and iron emerged. The components of the wine are in complete balance and harmony. The long finish powers through the grippy tannin. Again, this all points to this wine’s ability for a long life of aging in the cellar.
My Birthday Dinner (The Library, Crown Wine Cellars, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): A generous glass gifted blind by a fellow club member. Still purple-tinged in colour. Nose is warm and welcoming but still dominated by fresh-sawn plank wood. Palate is quite New World - bold, rich, lots of tobacco leaf but then a mouth-puckering tannic structure of cold black tea that brought me back to young Bordeaux. Much too young and unyeilding to give much pleasure other than when we paired with my very rich, high cocoa chocolate birthday cake. If you are going to open a bottle at this stage, I would give it 4-5 hours' decant.
MD’s Birthday Wine Dinner @ ZYX: Black fruits, plums, sweet black cherries, kirsch, liquorice, candied spices. Very ripe, concentrated and plush. Somehow tasted New World tonight and I never could have guessed this was a Pape Clement, which is one of my favourite producers and has been very consistent. I will give this another shot sometime.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Dark crimson, in the glass, slightly lighter orange/garnet rim. Barnyard on opening, most of it burns off after 60-90 minutes. Mid-weight on initial entry, chalky Graves minerality with moderate astringency due to the very fine tannins early on. Red/black fruit is slightly tart on opening but at 90 min it sweetens a bit. At 3 hours there's slightly more weight, cedar and lead pencil going on with the restrained red fruit and gentle acidity. A little herbal quality appears on the nose, not greenery, more brownish in a sense. Maybe dry earthy autumn leaves? You'd be very hard pressed not to be able to recognize this as a classic red BDX. 5 hours in....this is in a perfectly secondary place, on it's way to tertiary BDX blend. It is soft and perfectly integrated and ready for food. You Cali cab fiends, who love your over the top cabs will not like this. This is feathery and subtle and soft red fruit, with caramel and cedar and a little slice of heaven. Great with a pan seared prime ribeye, baked potato and veggies, but it really took all of the 5+ hour decant to get to this great place.
Mooie kleur - Vanillerijke neus, truffel en rood fruit - Complex, karaktervol en fluweelachtig in de mond, sterke tannines maar perfect in balans - Goede afdronk - Heeft nog potentieel !
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Flesh and blood, slight animal touch, red fruit, bitter wood. Got killed served next to Nambrot 2006 and Monteti 2006 and bordeaux origin was quite clear. So, QPR?
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Full bodied and juicy wine, but considering the price missing some elegance and complexity. The bitter touch comes from the wood and not from its terroir, which is more pleasant. The black fruits and wood dominate. Not the best QPR.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
3~4 hours in decanter make it a classic BDX wine, with aroma of sweet cherry, lovable, despite not charming & sexy, on the palate, red fruit and black fruit, elegent overall, slightly lack of complexity, medium body & last. Money wise a good choice.
During a Pessac-Leognan themed dinner. Wow, what a great, aromatic nose, Pape Clement is kown for that, especially when done with measure. This wine was in a very good spot, not over extracted like the 09/10. The palate is soft and ripe with well managed tannins and freshness, long finish. Great showing. The dinner confirmed the aromatic power of the Pessac Leognan appellation, lots of characterful wines here.
Ouvert et bu. Couleur lilas foncé, joli 1er nez sur le cassis puis, à l’aération, notes herbacées. En bouche, souple, facile, bien vinifié mais n’offrant pas la typicité du terroir. Assez éloigné des millésimes que j’ai appréciés avant: 1961, 1986, 1995, 1998 notamment. Pas un bon rapport qualité prix selon moi.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Quite expressive and ready with lovely smoky flavors along with notes of expresso, dark chocolate and truffles. Finishes smooth and fairly complex with hints of tobacco and minerals. Very nice tonight with filet mignon in black truffle sauce. Commanderie des Bordeaux dinner at University Club.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
This was drunk over several hours, and improved steadily during that period. Camphor and cherry on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, currant, blackberry, and notes of tobacco, earth, dark spice, and silky tannins on the medium to long finish, with strong acidity. This is still young, but it's not a mistake to drink it now, although decanting is in order. This was an excellent value at about $80, and it's a fair value at the $110+ it is available for now.
Christmas with la suegra y toda su familia. Paired it with châteaubriand. Went down very well. Ok, very young at heart, this pope. I‘ll save my other bottle. Nice Pessac-character. Decently ripe fruit, still quite refreshing notes. A noble wine.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Enjoyed over two nights. On The second one it was beautifully open. All its aromas and flavor in place. A remarkable Pape Clement of an underestimated vintage.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
This was overall fairly enjoyable. The nose shows rich dark fruits, some oak, a bit of purple floral notes, and crushed gravel. The palate is rich and tasty with plenty of fruit and oak. This is good, lacking just a touch of energy for me, but still good and quite young.
Followed advice from this thread and duly decanted for four hours -- could have left it for another two easy. Still, lovely big wine in the classic manner, all the woodsy, foresty force with a deep seam of dark chocolate. Polished it off with a friend over cheese and pate in no time.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Ouvert durant 30 minutes et bu durant 2 heures. Couleur grenat violet, assez brillante. Au nez, pas typé Graves, mais plutôt Bordeaux moderne, cassis, vanille, chêne. La bouche révèle un vin techniquement au point mais qui manque d’âme et quelque peu éloigné de ses origines. Tanins légèrement granuleux. Je pense que le millésime porte aussi sa part de responsabilité puisque le vinificateur a manqué de matière première. Bon vin moderne qui ne s’améliorera sans doute pas. 90-91
After 5 hours of decanting smell remains pure fruit ( creme de cassis, plums, black cherry) and leather. Higher acidity which gives a vigor, excellent concentration, fantastic structure which you can not find in cheaper red Bordeaux. Overall impression of harmony and authentic of high class wine of Bordeaux. The only doubt is the price tag above 100 Euro.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
PnP, decanted and drunk over 4 hours. Very classic Bordeaux at the beginning with some earth, leather, tobacco, cassis - but not overly exciting. It needed time to open up and after 3 hours it became an intriguing, silky, sexy wine with dark fruit/cassis core mixed with wonderful roast aromas, nuttiness. The wine got better by the minute with increasing flavor intensity and melting tannins. I strongly advise to decant 2 or better 3 hours before drinking.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Drinks well today, but you need to give it some air (at least 2h decant is advised, better 4h+). We decanted it for roughly an hour. While it was an interesting and well structured wine right from the beginning, it gained with more time in the glass. A lot of leather, saddle, barnyard, earth Bdx hallmark aromas right from the get-go with smooth and sweet dark fruit underneath and hints of herbal aromas intermixing – with time the balance between these components got better and better (less one-sided). Full body, nice tannins and an excitingly high concentration. 93 points.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
A rather ugly duckling tonight, perhaps it's in the awkward years between youth and maturity. The dark fruit that's there seems buttoned up, the nose initially showing mostly leather and a little smoke. But with air, it becomes apple-like with odd green bean aromas. We'll see, but I'm not holding my breath.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Showing some development; nice evolution on the nose, rich fruit and a touch of herbaceousness, warm bricks; tannins starting to resolve though they show up again on the finish. Impressive concentration. Strong oak element. A more classic Bordeaux vintage style.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Drinking in a super nice place. Took some time to open but the nose is deep and the wine is plush and dense and solid. Needs air and better in a few years but damn still fine right now.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
This held up in the bottle for three nights- almost tossed the two small glasses the last night and glad I didn't as it got better and better. Somewhat harsh austere the first night, much less approachable than other 2006 this needs time, a lengthy decant, but then should warrant a higher score and produce a very rewarding wine in anther 3-4 years
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Showing the beginning of secondary aromatics with its forest floor, truffle, smoke, earth and dark red fruits, the wine is fleshy, rich, concentrated and still youthful. Give it a few more years to soften, allowing the wood to better integrate, as it still shows wood tones on the palate, and this should be markedly better.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Decanted 5 hours and followed over 4 further hours. Nose showed dark fruit, earth and a green vegetal element. Dark berry fruit on the palate with notes of pencil lead and some forest floor. Well balanced and quite light on its' feet. Showed a nice fruit intensity right through to the finish which exhibited manageable tannins. Continued to improve over time. Clearly likely to improve over the next several years. Pretty good value for this level of Bordeaux.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Love it very much. Smooth with med-long finish and has calming & relaxing effects. Good nose taste. Dark rich red-purple. Tobacco with hints of vanilla, berries. Recommended and you will like it very much.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Opaque eggplant color. Scents of tar or charcoal, vegetal, herbs, sweet, stewed cherries, dark soil, pencil lead, tobacco leaf and eucalyptus. Similar flavors. The scent & flavors are intense.tannins are smooth but pronounced. It was double decanted & tasted during the course of the day. It gained weight in the glass as time went on... Awesome & compelling wine. Nice to see the 2006 vintage has gems at a fraction of the price of its predecessor. A striking wine from the 700 year old estate.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Nose a bit muted . Medium (-) intensity aromas of cedar, eucaltyptus, charcoal, dark fruits
Medium (-) acidity, medium (+) astringent tannins, medium alcohol, full body, high intensity flavours of cedar wood, tea leaves, herbal licorice, with dark fruits in minority. Long herbal finish.
Decanted an hour before serving, ripe black fruits come first then quickly overwhelmed by layers of oaky elements, astringent tannins , strong cedarwood, herbal licorice and tea leaves. Will not open another bottle at least 5+ years, but doubt the fruit sector would hold up till then.
Drinkable, but as opposed to some other 06, I would wait. We gave this an all day decent, but the tannins are still somewhat overbearing. If you must drink, ok, but otherwise, I'm waiting a few years
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Infanticide but what an incredibly good wine for the vintage. Dark purple to the rim with broad unstructured legs. Dark chocolate, tobacco on the nose with dark fruit muted in the beginning and after 30 minutes finding expression. Palate as the nose was creamy with integrated tannins and silky texture. Finish lacked the depth of the palate but my impression this wine will come together well over the next 5 years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
A Matter of Taste tasting (London, Saatchi Gallery): Beautiful and luxurious bouquet which shows some ageing already. Some smoke, cedar and sweet spices. Same on the palate, beautiful cassis and other dark forest fruits. Beautiful acidity and soft tannin. A beautiful, complex and refined wine which was a little more developed than I expected. Definitely early maturity stage now and cellaring this until 2020 should be no problem. By then I would like to taste this again to make a judgment about longer cellaring expectations.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Easily detectable as a gift from PL...Earth, and Coffee marry fruit, their kiss turns into cocoa and now live together as drinkable cologne! Very nice! Everything above in a glass, perfuming hard. Drinking great and room to go...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
K&L Bordeaux Tasting (K&L Hollywood): This was just spectacular. Wonderful complexity on the nose with tar, spice, mocha, cassis, blackberries, menthol. Just everything going on. Great acidity on the palate, and very chewy tannin on the finish, which is very long and intense. I think I drink fewer and fewer wines like this these days, but what a great example.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Concentrated aromas of dark berries and cherries, mints, violets, caramel, and dark chocolate in the nose; complex, juicy, heavy, and structured on the palate, with lots of dark fruits, soft spices, and whipped cream, yet still rather tight; very long finish with flavors mirroring the palate plus quite some tannins; overall, 93-94 points at this stage with good aging potential.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
The adjective luxuruios is very fitting for the oak in this wine. Pape Clément 06 is also balsamic and light to medium bodied (gets ligther with air). This wine is a mix between modern and tradition, in a way I like. Also the cabernet is very good in this wine. The problem is the oak. It does not quite integrate even after several days, and this reduces the score by 1-2 pts.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Tasted @ big Bordeaux tasting in Zurich. Beautiful aromatics of dark fruit (cassis, dark berries), cinnamon, forest floor, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, cedar wood, graphite and some smoke. Full-bodied and dense, with medium-high acidity and medium-high tannin. Long finish. A very complex and beautiful Graves from this top-notch Chateaux, especially considering the average vintage. It's not as polished as in the best vintages, but still very pretty. (94+)
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Colour: Very dark ruby red, crimson-red edges. Nose: Smoke, dusty gravel, obvious stable, lead pencil, distinct shale, earth, forest floor and minerals. A complex nose, quite deep really that is driven by the unique terroir of Graves. Taste: The mid palate offers very dark, fresh, sappy and distinct black- and blue mineral-fruit, hints of coffee, grape juice, broth, shale, new wedged grass, smoked wood and saline mushrooms. Acidity impresses with its very balsamic and fresh quality. Structure is full-bodied, it is powerful and persistence is good. Texture is coarse sandy and tannins are thick and offers chewy, not yet polished tannins but of good quality.
This wine needs plenty of airing, about 3-4 hours and until then it is peevish, quite flat and harsh. Then in a decanter, suddenly and surprisingly, everything changes and the wine emerges as complex and offers deep fruit and flavours from the terroir of Graves, it is rich and has some elegance. Open 2015-2030.
http://www.ultimatewinekick.com
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Inky dark color. Nose of ripe fruit, oak, earth. The wine is multidimensional and wonderful. Oak, scorched earth, tobacco, vanilla. You keep going back for another taste and it keeps delivering. Drinking really well for a youthful Bordeaux.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Decanted for 2 hours; Medium to full bodied; A wonderful fruit bomb with plenty of black fruits, sweet vanilla and hints of cigar box; good acidity. Better than the bottle I had 18 months ago but still too early.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Outstanding new world bordeaux. Sweet dark fruit, smooth and elegant with subtle earth and oak. Slightly drying tannins on the finish but very suave and long.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
With a smoke, earth. blackberry jam and cigar box perfume, round tannins, full body and a concentrated, tannic, jammy black cherry finish, the wine requires another 5 years to soften, allowing the oak to integrate and to display more secondary characteristics.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
In the bouquet a lot of luxurious oak with cigar box, tobacco and smoke. On the palate the same luxury and also beautiful black fruit juice with good acidity, bitterness and mild tannin. Good freshness and a warm wine at the same time. Elegant and with a good future. Adolescent stage now and will be very interesting to follow over the next years and probably still great after a decade or longer. Don't own it, but I hope to taste this in the future again.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Alcohol :: 13.5% When first open the dark brambly fruits shoot out from the bottle. very sweet. Opened for 5hrs and decanter for 2hrs before served. The nose reveal wonderfully fresh, perfume, complex aromas of dark fruits, pencil shaving, graphite, earth and a little bit of leather, incense and wrapped up nicely with the floral scents at the background. Sweet and expansive entry follow by flavors of dark fruits, graphite, mineral. This is a huge wine, mouth filling and palate staining intensity but still retain a sense of lightness which is really good. This would be a first rate Pape Clement however the heavily extracted tannin is a bit over-done: rough and bitter, which coated the palate with mineral liquid flow thru to the long, persistent finish that has lots of power with it. It would be interesting to follow this wine to see how would the tannin evolved. 87-88+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Nez invitant, assez complexe chargé en fruits. Très tannique en bouche, moins digeste que je n'aurais anticipé pour le 2006. Encore complexe et genereux, belle maturité des fruits et très concentré. Gagnera beaucoup a vieillir une dizaine d'année. 92+ pts
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Very fruit forward on the noise. On the mouth quite powerful and big, but with enough complexity. A very technical wine. Parker style. Missing balance and the wow factor.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
the 06 pape clement is, in my mind, going to be the wine of the vintage. i was blinded on it yesterday, and if i had not seen the color, i would have sworn it was an aged bordeaux of at least 15 years. its big and brooding, but it is all there for an amazing wine. for the price you absolutely cannot beat it. no formal notes, but i was absolutely blown away MAJOR BUY!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
17/20 Beau rubis avec encore un peu de bois au nez. C'est très concentré : puissance et un côté aérien qui plaît. On a affaire à un Pessac-Léognan GCC qui demande encore quelques années en cave. A 250$C la bouteille de 750cl. à la SAQ Signature.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Very special bouquet with some clove/medicine impressions in a positive way and adding to the complexity. Cassis and smoky toasted oak. Same in the taste. Very elegant and complex. I don't know if the wine still has to close, but it is nicely open right now and definitely has a future of another 15+ years. Great wine! 93+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
2006 Cru Classés de Graves with Prince Robert, M Delmas and Hugh Johnson (Sherry-Lehmann): deep and rich brew: good grip, emphasis on the more full bodied and sweet side of graves reds. lots of oak, cassis, pipe tobacco. I am sure this will be long-lived and a great wine, somehow, tasting this side by side with the haut-brion and the laville haut-brion, I clearly feel this is not my most favourite expression, at least at this stage. (But, why do I feel like I have to apologize for rating a wine 90 points...? :-)
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
The wines kicks off with smoke filled aromatics. It's plush mouth feel ends with a ripe, tannic filled, blackberry blast. This is a big style of Pape Clement. The winemaker says 06 reminds him of a more tannic version of the 04.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Union des Grand Cru Tasting (Lighthouse (Pier 61, Chelsea Piers)): At UGC Grand Tasting in New York. Met expectations. Lighter than the 05, but not substantially so. Good dark fruit profile, with a bit more red fruit up front. As with the other Pape Clements, on the pricey side for what they are.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
4/16/2024 - popopdrops wrote: 88 Points
Ikke dekantert. Ikke allverden. Heller ikke dag 2. Venter et år med neste, håper.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/23/2023 - sboyle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Notes of leather, earth and cassis. Long finish. Tastes great.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
9/22/2023 - Hawk94 wrote: 95 Points
A classic Bordeaux, sedative bouquet, earthy, crushed fresh blackberries, currant, cedar box, pencil lead, extremely charming and elegant, ultra smooth, keep sniffing it, couldn’t put down the glass, this wine is peaking and started developing secondary bouquet, it will drink well for next decade or so, what a lovely wine! It out-drinks the wines that cost more than double.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
8/28/2023 - Anchun wrote: 92 Points
Drank over 48 hours. Sitting in front of my last glass. Superripe, highly complex, blackcurrants, plum, bitter cocoa, tobacco and warm stones. Big, plush and chewy tannins, with compelling generosity of texture to the flavors of plum, minerals, tobacco and woodsmoke. This wine can age for long-time. I believe the tannins will better integrate over time as they are now almost omnipresent. It is a great examples of Graves.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/8/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bert's pension party part 2; Bordeaux (@ BV): Beautiful, elegant and complex bouquet with dark berries, sweet spices, beautiful oak and cedar, some licorice and graphite. Same on the palate, juicy dark berries, coffee, caramel, beautiful acidity and a mild bite of the round tannin. Beautiful, luxurious and great, complex wine. 94 - 95
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/21/2023 - djhammond Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasting profie as previous, this was a BYO, and one the highlights of a below par vintage. Highly recommended.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (6)
6/8/2023 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark, deep clear garnet color. Blood orange and cranberries on the nose that reminds me of an aged Barolo. Drinks tight despite a lengthy decant. Quite tannic with delicious Valencia orange, bitter cocoa, vanilla bean, and mixed raspberries and blackberries. Try again in 2030, when I expect it will be better-integrated and much improved.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/6/2023 - nwebstar Likes this wine: 95 Points
Started rather closed but opened to a beautifully engaging wine. Dark fruited. After opening, presented an interesting blend of lush balanced fruit and still puckering tannins to finish. Blackberries and dark plum. Drying savoury finish.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5)
5/23/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 Points
Approximately eight hour slow ox. Opaque gritty purple color. Blackberry, plum, and mushroom. Super smooth palate, with soft, lingering acidity. Firm, lower intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This was a pretty healthy pour from the restaurant manager at the end of the evening. He wanted me to buy a bottle to take home. It was good, but not quite good enough for that.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/15/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious! All it takes is one smell of the glass and you will fall in love with this wine. So great! Signature Pessac aromas and flavor profile. I love the dominant wet earth and asphalt in this wine. There is no possible way you could drink this blind and think it is anything other than left bank Bordeaux. Early maturity and in a really good spot right now. Decanted for 1 hour.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
4/4/2023 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opening up the wine for 1 hour before decanting it. It kept evolving for 3-4 hours after decanting.
Color: deep ruby.
Nose: smoke, tabacco, forest floor, Japanese soy sauce.
Palate: resolving tannin, medium acidity, well-balanced, with a hint of sweet spice and bell pepper.
Finish: long, sweet, and fruity.
Maybe in or near its plateau.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
3/22/2023 - VINNICK Likes this wine: 93 Points
So tasty once again. Drank over 3 days using the Coravin. No deterioration. Young but powerful and just great to drink!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/24/2022 - Kevin Mak Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep Ruby
Medium (+) Acidty
Medium (+) Tannins
Medium Alcohol
Full Bodied
Long Finish
Medium (+) Intensity
- Blackberry, Blueberry, Black Cherry, Cassis, Smoke, Tobacco, Cedar, Forest floor.
Intense and ripe black fruits, accompanied by smoke, earthiness, some spiciness and oakiness, the acidity is firm and precise, with ripe, chewy and well integrated tannins. A wine with great structure, concentration, intensity and finish, drinks well now, but still have a long life ahead.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/14/2022 - wilypod Likes this wine: 91 Points
Will not disappoint and in good shape. Some musty smog blew off after 20 minutes in the glass and sweet scents of dried fragrant roses, dark cherry, cedar, and pipe tobacco humidor arose. The palate is impressive with deep cassis and textures of resolving tannins and balanced acidity.
Overall: classically restrained but far from mute, plus balanced and well integrated. I would drink over the next 2-3 years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/3/2022 - djhammond Likes this wine: 94 Points
The was one of the few high fliers from the 2006 vintage and it lives up to the initial plaudits. Interestingly, it is very ready to drink and in its prime drinking window. The near equal Cabernet/Merlot split seems to bring the best out of both, with a sensuous fruit driven nose and a chewy front palate, but with with robust balanced depth and an excellent finish. Highly recommended. 94+
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
6/27/2022 - Vinogan(s) wrote: 90 Points
The nose was very complex and more interesting than the mouth. A textbook bordeaux, but in the mouth it is plagued by some harsh astringency (vintage?). Moreover, focus was also very much on coffee-related aromas, I kinda missed some more fresh fruit. I would have scored this a point higher, but the Solengo 2008 that came after was clearly better (but not on my level for scoring 92), so...
Glad to have shared this bottle with people who have enjoyed it far more than I did, so your mileage may vary
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/24/2021 - tblair Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking perfectly now, especially after decanting for 60 mins
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
10/2/2021 - P257pax wrote: 91 Points
Barnyard on the nose. Opened up after 2 hours, very nice with cherries on the palate. Wait 5 years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/23/2021 - djhammond Likes this wine: 94 Points
I am so surprised at the accessibility of the wine at a relatively young age and its quality in an off year. Possibly this this must be up there with the best of the vintage. It still needs a few hours in the decanter to blow away any tannic edges. It is already showing bricking and possesses a deeply aromatic nose of red berry fruits, with vanilla and oak now becoming present. The tannin is firm on the palate and finish, but with no residual grip. The finish is balanced and pushes 30 seconds. This is still in development and has the structure to be drinking for the next 20 years, but is so enjoyable now with sufficient aeration. 94+
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
9/8/2021 - JWM03 Likes this wine:
Agree with tasting note below, but would add that there is a fair amount of oak and vanilla on the nose (which I don't hate at all).
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/21/2021 - glassofhans Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decant for 2 hours in advance, tasted blind would think it's a pomerol, with velvety mouthfeel, nice ripe nose, with dark fruits and some cab greeness.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/10/2021 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 95 Points
Evolving nicely. Rich and complex with a finish that simply wanted to last forever. This wine still has a tense structure that a decant will overcome. Could easily cellar for another 20 years.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
4/30/2021 - Bordeaux 2013 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Past peak, I would drink up.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3)
4/10/2021 - Pinot1501 Likes this wine: 94 Points
decanted for an hour and showed well balanced fruits; some white pepper.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/30/2021 - Dr Ivan wrote: 90 Points
Lockdown solo Session: this wine alongside enate reserva especial of the same vintage. Both Bordeaux blends consisting of CS&Merlot, grown not that far from each other in global terms - some 400 Km - yet somehow universes apart. The Pape Clement offered structure, a mix of spicy dark fruit laced with a good dose of acidity.....earthy Tones intermingle....quite a lot of character, balance is not out of this world...compared to the enate bottle extremely little fruit more the kind you associate with very dark chocolate, almost bitter and nothing jammy ..... qpr is so-so....depending on the price you are paying. This bottle was, despite its somehow less generous style, empty much faster than the spanish bx blend. And I dont think this is going anywhere further but will likely stay at this level for a few years.....
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
11/28/2020 - xiangjing91 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep ruby. Fresh dark fruits, chocolate and oak on the nose. Fine, medium+ tannins and medium acidity. Could still get better with a couple of years still in the cellar.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/18/2020 - Mjmchugh wrote:
Fabulous right from the beginning!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/23/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Friyay Chillin'!: Notes to come
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/14/2020 - djhammond Likes this wine: 95 Points
One the handful of Bordeaux wines from the year to receive critical acclaim, I have been undecided when to start drinking this and have held off until now. I need not have worried as it is drinking wonderfully, albeit with 6 hours in the decanter to be on the safe side. Although in the earlier stages of its drinking window, it is starting to show some secondary notes and is highly approachable. It is a very elegant wine and is deeply perfumed on the nose with ripe strawberry and raspberry notes prominent. The palate is earthy and still with a strong tannic backbone, but it is in perfect balance and leaves no residual sourness on the finish which is 30+ seconds. This is still in evolvement, and hopefully will continue to improve as the tannin integrates, but is already a cracking drink.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5)
10/8/2020 - streethawk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Restrained, elegant, refined, and in wonderful balance right now. Plenty of fruit leading to tertiary forest floor notes with a hint of oak in the background. Tremendous.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
6/28/2020 - dchain Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep ruby. Looks young and fierce. Big plum and dark cherry nose. No noticeable alcohol unlike the Troplong 06 I drank beside it. Rich and lush, just about under control without being over the top or a fruit bomb. Certain for the Napa loving Bordeaux enthusiasts but I thought it was a fun juicy wine that handled the dryness of the year well with no green or dry tannins in sight. Very much in its primary phase of drinking and should mellow and develop further complexity. Fair to good QPR.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/7/2020 - Bordeaux 2013 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent wine. Lots of underbrush, well balanced. Ready to drink, not sure about further evolution as the friut is fading.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
5/23/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
CB Wine Night #11 - Pape Clement Blind Vertical!: Notes to come. Wine #5 was another 2006 - drinking nicely tonight as well but somehow this bottle was slightly behind the other 2006 bottle.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/23/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
CB Wine Night #11 - Pape Clement Blind Vertical!: Wine #2 was the 2006 - this was balanced and rather light-weight and elegant. Not bad! 92/93
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/2/2020 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
I’ve recently been checking in on the 2006 Bordeaux vintage and am very pleased with its progress, especially with this Pape Clement. So far, this is the best 2006 Bordeaux I have tasted. There is an incredible energy and tension in this wine suggesting that while it is tightly wound now, it is going to evolve into something incredible with 10+ more years of aging. While it is drinkable now, it will be so much better once it is fully mature. Tonight’s tasting started out with a restrained nose, but after a 2 hour decant and coaxing in the glass, scents of cassis and blueish fruit laced with graphite and iron emerged. The components of the wine are in complete balance and harmony. The long finish powers through the grippy tannin. Again, this all points to this wine’s ability for a long life of aging in the cellar.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
4/9/2020 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicious, balanced and ready to drink.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/28/2020 - Goldstone wrote: 88 Points
My Birthday Dinner (The Library, Crown Wine Cellars, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): A generous glass gifted blind by a fellow club member. Still purple-tinged in colour. Nose is warm and welcoming but still dominated by fresh-sawn plank wood. Palate is quite New World - bold, rich, lots of tobacco leaf but then a mouth-puckering tannic structure of cold black tea that brought me back to young Bordeaux. Much too young and unyeilding to give much pleasure other than when we paired with my very rich, high cocoa chocolate birthday cake. If you are going to open a bottle at this stage, I would give it 4-5 hours' decant.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
3/23/2020 - BrunelloBob wrote: 91 Points
PnP, drank over 2 nights without much development.Distinct Cedar, spice box nose. Mineral, pencil lead, dark fruit.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/10/2020 - curtr wrote:
Tight, give at least 3 years or long decant(2-4 hours). Has potential, not as extracted as better vintages.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/17/2020 - dnnk88 wrote: 92 Points
MD’s Birthday Wine Dinner @ ZYX: Black fruits, plums, sweet black cherries, kirsch, liquorice, candied spices. Very ripe, concentrated and plush. Somehow tasted New World tonight and I never could have guessed this was a Pape Clement, which is one of my favourite producers and has been very consistent. I will give this another shot sometime.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/8/2019 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark crimson, in the glass, slightly lighter orange/garnet rim. Barnyard on opening, most of it burns off after 60-90 minutes. Mid-weight on initial entry, chalky Graves minerality with moderate astringency due to the very fine tannins early on. Red/black fruit is slightly tart on opening but at 90 min it sweetens a bit. At 3 hours there's slightly more weight, cedar and lead pencil going on with the restrained red fruit and gentle acidity. A little herbal quality appears on the nose, not greenery, more brownish in a sense. Maybe dry earthy autumn leaves? You'd be very hard pressed not to be able to recognize this as a classic red BDX. 5 hours in....this is in a perfectly secondary place, on it's way to tertiary BDX blend. It is soft and perfectly integrated and ready for food. You Cali cab fiends, who love your over the top cabs will not like this. This is feathery and subtle and soft red fruit, with caramel and cedar and a little slice of heaven. Great with a pan seared prime ribeye, baked potato and veggies, but it really took all of the 5+ hour decant to get to this great place.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2)
11/6/2019 - Suzyquatro Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mooie kleur - Vanillerijke neus, truffel en rood fruit - Complex, karaktervol en fluweelachtig in de mond, sterke tannines maar perfect in balans - Goede afdronk - Heeft nog potentieel !
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/3/2019 - Vinogan(s) wrote: 91 Points
Flesh and blood, slight animal touch, red fruit, bitter wood. Got killed served next to Nambrot 2006 and Monteti 2006 and bordeaux origin was quite clear. So, QPR?
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/2/2019 - Kris G wrote: 91 Points
Full bodied and juicy wine, but considering the price missing some elegance and complexity. The bitter touch comes from the wood and not from its terroir, which is more pleasant. The black fruits and wood dominate. Not the best QPR.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/21/2019 - Peleus Likes this wine: 93 Points
3~4 hours in decanter make it a classic BDX wine, with aroma of sweet cherry, lovable, despite not charming & sexy, on the palate, red fruit and black fruit, elegent overall, slightly lack of complexity, medium body & last. Money wise a good choice.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
6/20/2019 - mreinhard74@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very nice. Can probably sit even longer but well integrated now.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/12/2019 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Didn't think this had the body I associate with Pape Clement. Tasty but more evolved than I'd have hoped.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/4/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
During a Pessac-Leognan themed dinner. Wow, what a great, aromatic nose, Pape Clement is kown for that, especially when done with measure. This wine was in a very good spot, not over extracted like the 09/10. The palate is soft and ripe with well managed tannins and freshness, long finish. Great showing. The dinner confirmed the aromatic power of the Pessac Leognan appellation, lots of characterful wines here.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4)
4/20/2019 - Ericsson wrote: 91 Points
Ouvert et bu. Couleur lilas foncé, joli 1er nez sur le cassis puis, à l’aération, notes herbacées.
En bouche, souple, facile, bien vinifié mais n’offrant pas la typicité du terroir.
Assez éloigné des millésimes que j’ai appréciés avant: 1961, 1986, 1995, 1998 notamment.
Pas un bon rapport qualité prix selon moi.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/5/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quite expressive and ready with lovely smoky flavors along with notes of expresso, dark chocolate and truffles. Finishes smooth and fairly complex with hints of tobacco and minerals. Very nice tonight with filet mignon in black truffle sauce. Commanderie des Bordeaux dinner at University Club.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/10/2019 - RichardP wrote: 94 Points
This was drunk over several hours, and improved steadily during that period. Camphor and cherry on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, currant, blackberry, and notes of tobacco, earth, dark spice, and silky tannins on the medium to long finish, with strong acidity. This is still young, but it's not a mistake to drink it now, although decanting is in order. This was an excellent value at about $80, and it's a fair value at the $110+ it is available for now.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
12/31/2018 - VINNICK Likes this wine: 93 Points
Outstanding wine! Everything one would expect. Decanted for 2 and drank over 4 hour period. The decant helped and it just opened up perfectly.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/24/2018 - mikita77 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Christmas with la suegra y toda su familia. Paired it with châteaubriand. Went down very well. Ok, very young at heart, this pope. I‘ll save my other bottle. Nice Pessac-character. Decently ripe fruit, still quite refreshing notes. A noble wine.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/21/2018 - Alvarovazquez Likes this wine: 93 Points
Enjoyed over two nights. On The second one it was beautifully open. All its aromas and flavor in place. A remarkable Pape Clement of an underestimated vintage.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
9/8/2018 - jnewman77 wrote:
This was overall fairly enjoyable. The nose shows rich dark fruits, some oak, a bit of purple floral notes, and crushed gravel. The palate is rich and tasty with plenty of fruit and oak. This is good, lacking just a touch of energy for me, but still good and quite young.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3)
8/13/2018 - macmac007 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Followed advice from this thread and duly decanted for four hours -- could have left it for another two easy. Still, lovely big wine in the classic manner, all the woodsy, foresty force with a deep seam of dark chocolate. Polished it off with a friend over cheese and pate in no time.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/8/2018 - Ericsson wrote: 91 Points
Ouvert durant 30 minutes et bu durant 2 heures.
Couleur grenat violet, assez brillante.
Au nez, pas typé Graves, mais plutôt Bordeaux moderne, cassis, vanille, chêne.
La bouche révèle un vin techniquement au point mais qui manque d’âme et quelque peu éloigné de ses origines.
Tanins légèrement granuleux.
Je pense que le millésime porte aussi sa part de responsabilité puisque le vinificateur a manqué de matière première.
Bon vin moderne qui ne s’améliorera sans doute pas. 90-91
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3)
5/27/2018 - Joealex Likes this wine: 92 Points
After 5 hours of decanting smell remains pure fruit ( creme de cassis, plums, black cherry) and leather. Higher acidity which gives a vigor, excellent concentration, fantastic structure which you can not find in cheaper red Bordeaux. Overall impression of harmony and authentic of high class wine of Bordeaux. The only doubt is the price tag above 100 Euro.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/9/2018 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
PnP, decanted and drunk over 4 hours. Very classic Bordeaux at the beginning with some earth, leather, tobacco, cassis - but not overly exciting. It needed time to open up and after 3 hours it became an intriguing, silky, sexy wine with dark fruit/cassis core mixed with wonderful roast aromas, nuttiness. The wine got better by the minute with increasing flavor intensity and melting tannins. I strongly advise to decant 2 or better 3 hours before drinking.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
11/30/2017 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points
Drinks well today, but you need to give it some air (at least 2h decant is advised, better 4h+). We decanted it for roughly an hour. While it was an interesting and well structured wine right from the beginning, it gained with more time in the glass. A lot of leather, saddle, barnyard, earth Bdx hallmark aromas right from the get-go with smooth and sweet dark fruit underneath and hints of herbal aromas intermixing – with time the balance between these components got better and better (less one-sided). Full body, nice tannins and an excitingly high concentration. 93 points.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
10/24/2017 - englishman's claret wrote: 90 Points
A rather ugly duckling tonight, perhaps it's in the awkward years between youth and maturity. The dark fruit that's there seems buttoned up, the nose initially showing mostly leather and a little smoke. But with air, it becomes apple-like with odd green bean aromas. We'll see, but I'm not holding my breath.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/7/2017 - Cgrant1029 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted about an hour, could have used more as it opened up throughout the night. Really good wine, has many years left.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/9/2017 - vespasian wrote:
Showing some development; nice evolution on the nose, rich fruit and a touch of herbaceousness, warm bricks; tannins starting to resolve though they show up again on the finish. Impressive concentration. Strong oak element. A more classic Bordeaux vintage style.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
11/15/2016 - jskuek Likes this wine: 96 Points
Nicely balance and silky to drink this wine now, pencil shavings, crème de cassis, full bodied and very long finishing...
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
11/2/2016 - jsmadsen wrote: 94 Points
Drinking in a super nice place. Took some time to open but the nose is deep and the wine is plush and dense and solid. Needs air and better in a few years but damn still fine right now.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
8/20/2016 - LIE-user wrote: 94 Points
Cold decantation for about 12h. Was our side dish alongside a costata fiorentina and it was just a magical combination.
Without cold decantation, I would recommend to wait some more years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/3/2016 - capacious Likes this wine: 90 Points
This held up in the bottle for three nights- almost tossed the two small glasses the last night and glad I didn't as it got better and better. Somewhat harsh austere the first night, much less approachable than other 2006 this needs time, a lengthy decant, but then should warrant a higher score and produce a very rewarding wine in anther 3-4 years
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/25/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Showing the beginning of secondary aromatics with its forest floor, truffle, smoke, earth and dark red fruits, the wine is fleshy, rich, concentrated and still youthful. Give it a few more years to soften, allowing the wood to better integrate, as it still shows wood tones on the palate, and this should be markedly better.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
5/25/2016 - benjaminbilliard Likes this wine: 92 Points
Cedar notes. Very good. I thought this bottle was better than the last ones I opened
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/13/2016 - Yamadori Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 5 hours and followed over 4 further hours. Nose showed dark fruit, earth and a green vegetal element. Dark berry fruit on the palate with notes of pencil lead and some forest floor. Well balanced and quite light on its' feet. Showed a nice fruit intensity right through to the finish which exhibited manageable tannins. Continued to improve over time. Clearly likely to improve over the next several years. Pretty good value for this level of Bordeaux.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/12/2015 - El-Jin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Love it very much.
Smooth with med-long finish and has calming & relaxing effects. Good nose taste.
Dark rich red-purple.
Tobacco with hints of vanilla, berries.
Recommended and you will like it very much.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/14/2015 - VinoKim Likes this wine:
Opaque eggplant color. Scents of tar or charcoal, vegetal, herbs, sweet, stewed cherries, dark soil, pencil lead, tobacco leaf and eucalyptus. Similar flavors. The scent & flavors are intense.tannins are smooth but pronounced. It was double decanted & tasted during the course of the day. It gained weight in the glass as time went on... Awesome & compelling wine. Nice to see the 2006 vintage has gems at a fraction of the price of its predecessor. A striking wine from the 700 year old estate.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/15/2015 - FCHOW113 wrote: 87 Points
Clear , deep ruby , purple hue, broad legs
Nose a bit muted . Medium (-) intensity aromas of cedar, eucaltyptus, charcoal, dark fruits
Medium (-) acidity, medium (+) astringent tannins, medium alcohol, full body, high intensity flavours of cedar wood, tea leaves, herbal licorice, with dark fruits in minority. Long herbal finish.
Decanted an hour before serving, ripe black fruits come first then quickly overwhelmed by layers of oaky elements, astringent tannins , strong cedarwood, herbal licorice and tea leaves. Will not open another bottle at least 5+ years, but doubt the fruit sector would hold up till then.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1)
6/20/2015 - capacious Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinkable, but as opposed to some other 06, I would wait. We gave this an all day decent, but the tannins are still somewhat overbearing. If you must drink, ok, but otherwise, I'm waiting a few years
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/1/2015 - BillyT wrote: 92 Points
Infanticide but what an incredibly good wine for the vintage. Dark purple to the rim with broad unstructured legs. Dark chocolate, tobacco on the nose with dark fruit muted in the beginning and after 30 minutes finding expression. Palate as the nose was creamy with integrated tannins and silky texture. Finish lacked the depth of the palate but my impression this wine will come together well over the next 5 years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/24/2015 - broadband013 wrote: 90 Points
Dégustation Bordeaux Primeurs 2014 Gazzar - Lausanne Palace 23.04.2014
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/28/2015 - Zweder Likes this wine: 93 Points
A Matter of Taste tasting (London, Saatchi Gallery): Beautiful and luxurious bouquet which shows some ageing already. Some smoke, cedar and sweet spices. Same on the palate, beautiful cassis and other dark forest fruits. Beautiful acidity and soft tannin. A beautiful, complex and refined wine which was a little more developed than I expected. Definitely early maturity stage now and cellaring this until 2020 should be no problem. By then I would like to taste this again to make a judgment about longer cellaring expectations.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/22/2015 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
Easily detectable as a gift from PL...Earth, and Coffee marry fruit, their kiss turns into cocoa and now live together as drinkable cologne! Very nice! Everything above in a glass, perfuming hard. Drinking great and room to go...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/21/2015 - Aravind Asok wrote:
K&L Bordeaux Tasting (K&L Hollywood): This was just spectacular. Wonderful complexity on the nose with tar, spice, mocha, cassis, blackberries, menthol. Just everything going on. Great acidity on the palate, and very chewy tannin on the finish, which is very long and intense. I think I drink fewer and fewer wines like this these days, but what a great example.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/29/2015 - hvaleiras Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened and let breathe for 20 minutes. Spectacular bottle, earthy, chocolate and dark berry flavors. Could be cellared for many more years
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/9/2014 - CWang wrote: 93 Points
Concentrated aromas of dark berries and cherries, mints, violets, caramel, and dark chocolate in the nose; complex, juicy, heavy, and structured on the palate, with lots of dark fruits, soft spices, and whipped cream, yet still rather tight; very long finish with flavors mirroring the palate plus quite some tannins; overall, 93-94 points at this stage with good aging potential.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/30/2014 - Sundbyberg wrote: 91 Points
The adjective luxuruios is very fitting for the oak in this wine. Pape Clément 06 is also balsamic and light to medium bodied (gets ligther with air). This wine is a mix between modern and tradition, in a way I like. Also the cabernet is very good in this wine.
The problem is the oak. It does not quite integrate even after several days, and this reduces the score by 1-2 pts.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
5/15/2014 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasted @ big Bordeaux tasting in Zurich. Beautiful aromatics of dark fruit (cassis, dark berries), cinnamon, forest floor, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, cedar wood, graphite and some smoke. Full-bodied and dense, with medium-high acidity and medium-high tannin. Long finish. A very complex and beautiful Graves from this top-notch Chateaux, especially considering the average vintage. It's not as polished as in the best vintages, but still very pretty. (94+)
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/15/2013 - Sir Galahad wrote: 94 Points
Colour: Very dark ruby red, crimson-red edges.
Nose: Smoke, dusty gravel, obvious stable, lead pencil, distinct shale, earth, forest floor and minerals. A complex nose, quite deep really that is driven by the unique terroir of Graves.
Taste: The mid palate offers very dark, fresh, sappy and distinct black- and blue mineral-fruit, hints of coffee, grape juice, broth, shale, new wedged grass, smoked wood and saline mushrooms. Acidity impresses with its very balsamic and fresh quality. Structure is full-bodied, it is powerful and persistence is good. Texture is coarse sandy and tannins are thick and offers chewy, not yet polished tannins but of good quality.
This wine needs plenty of airing, about 3-4 hours and until then it is peevish, quite flat and harsh. Then in a decanter, suddenly and surprisingly, everything changes and the wine emerges as complex and offers deep fruit and flavours from the terroir of Graves, it is rich and has some elegance. Open 2015-2030.
http://www.ultimatewinekick.com
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/21/2013 - DonWinspear wrote: 91 Points
Inky dark color. Nose of ripe fruit, oak, earth. The wine is multidimensional and wonderful. Oak, scorched earth, tobacco, vanilla. You keep going back for another taste and it keeps delivering. Drinking really well for a youthful Bordeaux.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/15/2013 - RKwok Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 2 hours; Medium to full bodied; A wonderful fruit bomb with plenty of black fruits, sweet vanilla and hints of cigar box; good acidity. Better than the bottle I had 18 months ago but still too early.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/20/2012 - Hazeo wrote: 93 Points
Another strong showing for this wine, concentrated and silky dark fruit laced with tobacco, earth, but obviously young and years before its prime.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/18/2012 - Hazeo wrote: 93 Points
Outstanding new world bordeaux. Sweet dark fruit, smooth and elegant with subtle earth and oak. Slightly drying tannins on the finish but very suave and long.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/25/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Annual Grand Cru Tasting (Wijnhandel De Gouden Leeuw, Voorschoten, NL): Very Magrez, very Rolland but the quality is indisputable. Bold but also pure and precise.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/3/2012 - Wineson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very nice wine. Decanted for 3 hours before consumption. Smooth, great nose, long finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/16/2012 - Coollawyer wrote: 90 Points
Cherries. Licorice.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/10/2012 - G_H Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is very very elegant, balanced, many different layers: red fruit, black berries, pencil shavings, cigar box. Very light in alcohol, impressive!
I really hate the picture of Bernhard Margrez on the label (it's a reminder whom you are paying all that money to...) but I really like the wine
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/5/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
With a smoke, earth. blackberry jam and cigar box perfume, round tannins, full body and a concentrated, tannic, jammy black cherry finish, the wine requires another 5 years to soften, allowing the oak to integrate and to display more secondary characteristics.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/31/2012 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
In the bouquet a lot of luxurious oak with cigar box, tobacco and smoke. On the palate the same luxury and also beautiful black fruit juice with good acidity, bitterness and mild tannin. Good freshness and a warm wine at the same time. Elegant and with a good future. Adolescent stage now and will be very interesting to follow over the next years and probably still great after a decade or longer. Don't own it, but I hope to taste this in the future again.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/7/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 87 Points
Alcohol :: 13.5%
When first open the dark brambly fruits shoot out from the bottle. very sweet. Opened for 5hrs and decanter for 2hrs before served. The nose reveal wonderfully fresh, perfume, complex aromas of dark fruits, pencil shaving, graphite, earth and a little bit of leather, incense and wrapped up nicely with the floral scents at the background. Sweet and expansive entry follow by flavors of dark fruits, graphite, mineral. This is a huge wine, mouth filling and palate staining intensity but still retain a sense of lightness which is really good. This would be a first rate Pape Clement however the heavily extracted tannin is a bit over-done: rough and bitter, which coated the palate with mineral liquid flow thru to the long, persistent finish that has lots of power with it. It would be interesting to follow this wine to see how would the tannin evolved. 87-88+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/4/2011 - jarjarbinx99 wrote: 92 Points
Nez invitant, assez complexe chargé en fruits. Très tannique en bouche, moins digeste que je n'aurais anticipé pour le 2006. Encore complexe et genereux, belle maturité des fruits et très concentré. Gagnera beaucoup a vieillir une dizaine d'année. 92+ pts
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/29/2010 - Zacki_Rose wrote: 91 Points
Very fruit forward on the noise. On the mouth quite powerful and big, but with enough complexity. A very technical wine. Parker style. Missing balance and the wow factor.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/9/2010 - mattjohnson_78 wrote: 94 Points
the 06 pape clement is, in my mind, going to be the wine of the vintage. i was blinded on it yesterday, and if i had not seen the color, i would have sworn it was an aged bordeaux of at least 15 years. its big and brooding, but it is all there for an amazing wine. for the price you absolutely cannot beat it. no formal notes, but i was absolutely blown away MAJOR BUY!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/17/2010 - BoireBio wrote: 87 Points
17/20 Beau rubis avec encore un peu de bois au nez. C'est très concentré : puissance et un côté aérien qui plaît. On a affaire à un Pessac-Léognan GCC qui demande encore quelques années en cave. A 250$C la bouteille de 750cl. à la SAQ Signature.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/6/2009 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Very special bouquet with some clove/medicine impressions in a positive way and adding to the complexity. Cassis and smoky toasted oak. Same in the taste. Very elegant and complex. I don't know if the wine still has to close, but it is nicely open right now and definitely has a future of another 15+ years. Great wine! 93+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/24/2009 - amateurwino wrote: 94 Points
2006 Bordeaux Tastings; 10/24/2009-11/1/2009: very full and round; dark fruits; modern style; pretty nose - top quality fruit . An extra refinement here. 93-94
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/24/2009 - Omar Khayyam wrote: 90 Points
2006 Cru Classés de Graves with Prince Robert, M Delmas and Hugh Johnson (Sherry-Lehmann): deep and rich brew: good grip, emphasis on the more full bodied and sweet side of graves reds. lots of oak, cassis, pipe tobacco. I am sure this will be long-lived and a great wine, somehow, tasting this side by side with the haut-brion and the laville haut-brion, I clearly feel this is not my most favourite expression, at least at this stage. (But, why do I feel like I have to apologize for rating a wine 90 points...? :-)
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/28/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
The wines kicks off with smoke filled aromatics. It's plush mouth feel ends with a ripe, tannic filled, blackberry blast. This is a big style of Pape Clement. The winemaker says 06 reminds him of a more tannic version of the 04.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/30/2009 - crimedog wrote:
Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (Dallas): Very dark, licorice, cassis, mineral. Rich, extracted. Big fruit, good finish. Primary. Very good.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/28/2009 - otisabdul wrote: 91 Points
Samped at the UGC event in Chicago. Substantial, but elegant. Good fruit. Not as spicy as the Smith Haut Lafitte, but very good.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/26/2009 - TashNYC wrote: 92 Points
Grand Crus de Bordeaux Tasting: 2005 & 2006 wines (NYC, The Lighthouse, Pier 60, Chelsea Piers): Delicious. A little less complicated than the 2005, but still a very good wine. Could almost drink this, now
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/26/2009 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Union des Grand Cru Tasting (Lighthouse (Pier 61, Chelsea Piers)): At UGC Grand Tasting in New York. Met expectations. Lighter than the 05, but not substantially so. Good dark fruit profile, with a bit more red fruit up front. As with the other Pape Clements, on the pricey side for what they are.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/26/2009 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
Union des Grand Crus 2005 & 2006 Bordeaux Tasting - NYC (Lighthouse, NYC): Lots of red fruit -- strawberry, raspberry -- with black fruit underlying it -- plum and black currant.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment