2022, Château Pape Clement Rouge, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, Grand Cru Classé des GravesBordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon Owner Bernard Magrez has made serious investments here since the late 1990s and recent vintages have been outstanding thanks to extremely low yields, labour intensive sorting of grapes and modern wine making techniques. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2022 Pape Clment has quite an open and expressive bouquet at this stage, with blackcurrant and bilberry scents. A more sensual Pape Clment

exotic wine that very much shows the natural opulence of the year

silky in texture

A more sensual Pape Clément perhaps

Grilled sage and rosemary spice on the aromatics

spice and pipe tobacco

electric finish

A brilliant wine in the making

Mathieu Bessonnet technical director

It balances richness

92-94 Antonio Galloni

held in by austere tannins

playful and light in terms of clarity with veins of chalk and minerality