2002 Château Pape Clément

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  4/19/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points

  After the 2000 bottle which had a wasp in it (see TN there) I opened this gem. Just amazing how good this is. Fully mature, generous palate, yet mid weight, fresh with tons of attractive tertiary notes.

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  11/17/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points

  Here we go. The longer I drink Bordeaux, the more I like wines like this. Made in a cooler vintage, but in a modern, non rustic way, it marries. Freshness, polished mouth feel, deep aromatics around farmyard and blue fruit. Decidedly medium bodied. One of the last wines of Pape Clement before they went overboard for many years with extraction. Glad to see that after 2016 they are finding back to old form. PS: I served this wine twice in this month once over a dinner, once during a tasting class with consistent showings. Both times it was very popular.

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  7/9/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

  Where to start? There are already many notes on this wine. My impressions...Nose of raisins/ campfire, dark red in colour with slight orange rim, good acidity, a beautiful lingering sweetness, flavours of cedar, dark chocolate, leather, tobacco and a smokiness to this wine, good balance, good length with slight drying tannins on the back of the palate. There is not as much softness and fullness to this wine as I expected. The 14 % alcohol adds a freshness but is not dominant. Very enjoyable and improves as you finish the bottle.
  2nd day...More tannins on the back of the palate...,slightly bitter.

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  3/20/2023 - Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 92 Points

  2nd time I had this. Drank the first one a few months ago. I'm always again surprised how well the 2002's deliver! Gave it 4 hours of air, but didn't change that much - tasted it at PnP too, but no difference during the whole evening. This one is not the most complex, nor fruity wine. But it is a great effort for a 2002-lefty and it shows very well matured structure on the mid-palate, which fullfills the promise of the nose. Cedar wood, tobacco, wet leafs, all that tertiary notes are there. Black berries and a bit of espresso-notes, even a bit of tannin still there. Think this will easily last for another 5-10 years or more. This one was not as structured and mouth-coating on day 2 as the last one was, but all in all a good wine in the context of the vintage. A big step behind the 2003 though, which was extraordinary! 92/100.

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  11/27/2022 - MRichman wrote:

  Big strong wine. Full, lush dark fruit. Menethol, ming, herb. A bit soft, but that's quibbling. In a great place, no rush.

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