Lovely solid beautiful classic bordeaux. At peak, or slightly drifting south. Open and expansive, but somewhat modest, lovely though. No decant, good from first pour, improved 20% over an hour or so then held.
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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(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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5/15/2024 - jmoon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely solid beautiful classic bordeaux. At peak, or slightly drifting south. Open and expansive, but somewhat modest, lovely though. No decant, good from first pour, improved 20% over an hour or so then held.
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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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