1996 Château Pape Clément

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Sunday, June 4, 2023 - Popped and poured.

Consumed over 2 1/2 hours whilst pottering around, cooking goat shank stew and the preparing (and eating) Cowra lamb rack.

This wine is (yet another) example of why I love Bordeaux; the age lends inherent complexity that makes it blossom. On the nose there are brambles, blackcurrant, sweet spice, cedar, wet leaves, mushrooms, earth, bonfires, a little saddle leather. And all of this translates to the palate which is juicy and fleshy, tannins are persistent, coarse flour textured, ridiculously long and wonderfully integrated. Balanced, pretty much glorious.

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