Chateau Pape Clement Pessac-Leognan (Grand Cru Classe de Graves) 2010 750ml Paestum

Chateau Pape Clement Pessac-Leognan (Grand Cru Classe de Graves) 2010 750ml PaestumBernard Magrez acquired the prestigious Chteau Pape Clment in the 1980s. It was his very first vineyard. Now owner of three other Grands Crus Classs in the Bordeaux region, La Tour Carnet (Haut Mdoc) Chteau Fombrauge (Saint Emilion) and Clos Haut Peyraguey (Sauternes), Bernard Magrez is today an important Bordeaux businessman in the wine sector, owner of 42 great international estates. Sight : A wine of good density ruby red, with brown, mahogany,

” Neal Martin

spices and herbs

Perfect alongside the braai

muscular finish

The fruit is sourced from a superb block of 25 year-old Wente Clone vines located on the western slope of the site

Aged in stainless steel vats for 6/8 months and stored one month in bottle before being marketed

the grapes arrived at the Cavadinha lagar winery so cold in the mornings that

is the winery’s first vineyard

Always a long fermentation (one of the longest in 2021

40% new oak

— Jim Gordon (04/2023)

with good structure and long length