Drank at the same Commanderie event and agree completely w BordeauxOne’s note. An opened recorked bottle was still singing on the next night w homemade burgers. However, an 05 Leoville Barton tried alongside at the event had a lot more structure and black fruit to it.
Great easy drinking Pape Clement. Drank at a Commanderie de Bordeaux Partager. Still young. Can drink for several more decades if stored properly. Excellent with Beef Daube Provencal. Hold off for another 3 -5 years before drinking again.
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Small Tasting & Dinner with Friends: A taste from a bottle opened the previous evening. Very much Pessac with notes of black fruit, asphalt and iodine. Still a good bit firm and tannic, with flavors of black currant, plum and iodine with good underlying acidity. Generally speaking, it seems these '05s are evolving at a glacial pace. (R&D)
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opened last sunday. decanted for an hour, but was very tight and closed. nose of licorice, beautiful. after another hour of decant, it opened up very well. lovely wine and drinking well now and i believe can keep for 5+ years.
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(Château Pape Clément) Rich dark red violet color; lovely big cassis and blackberry nose; tasty cassis, with sweet tannins, minerality and good acidity; medium finish (55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon)
(CHATEAU PAPE CLEMENT) #3; COLOR-as dark as any wine EVER on WLTV; NOSE-black cherry, cassis, musty, bat cave; TASTE-classic bordeaux, amazing complexity & richness, big wine, black pepper, white truffle, obvious cherry cola, long finish, charred oak; RP-96/100; GV-94
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4/6/2024 - Sperls Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank at the same Commanderie event and agree completely w BordeauxOne’s note. An opened recorked bottle was still singing on the next night w homemade burgers. However, an 05 Leoville Barton tried alongside at the event had a lot more structure and black fruit to it.
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4/6/2024 - BordeauxOne Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great easy drinking Pape Clement. Drank at a Commanderie de Bordeaux Partager. Still young. Can drink for several more decades if stored properly. Excellent with Beef Daube Provencal. Hold off for another 3 -5 years before drinking again.
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3/9/2024 - AllRed wrote: 94 Points
Small Tasting & Dinner with Friends: A taste from a bottle opened the previous evening. Very much Pessac with notes of black fruit, asphalt and iodine. Still a good bit firm and tannic, with flavors of black currant, plum and iodine with good underlying acidity. Generally speaking, it seems these '05s are evolving at a glacial pace. (R&D)
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3/2/2024 - xscac001 wrote: 94 Points
@Phil. Complex but need more time. Need more sweet to come out
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2/6/2024 - jjwala Likes this wine: 94 Points
opened last sunday. decanted for an hour, but was very tight and closed. nose of licorice, beautiful. after another hour of decant, it opened up very well. lovely wine and drinking well now and i believe can keep for 5+ years.
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