2017 Clementin de Pape Clement
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Moving to the reds, the 2017 Clementin de Pape Clément is 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Its deep ruby/purple color is followed by a modern style bouquet of crème de cassis, graphite, and licorice. This medium to full-bodied effort has great fruit, plenty of texture, and sweet tannin. It’s forward, sexy wine.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2017 Clémentin de Pape Clément is a gorgeous and very serious second wine. Dark cherry, raspberry jam, chocolate, menthol, licorice and dried herbs are some of the many notes that flesh out in this pliant, super-expressive wine from Pape Clément. Far from an easygoing second wine, the Clémentin has real depth and substance. Tasted two times.
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Le Clementin du Pape Clement gives lively notions of redcurrants and fresh blackberries with touches of garrigue, damp soil and underbrush. The palate is medium-bodied, soft, refreshing and juicy in the mouth with a fruity finish.
About the producer
Among the oldest estates in Bordeaux, Ch. Pape Clément has been guided into the modern era by Bernard Magrez, who has managed the estate since 1985. It makes some of the best reds in the region.