Château Pape Clement 2024, Pessac-Leognan
IN BOND
Delivery 2027
Appellation - Pessac Leognan
Owner - Bernard Magrez
The 2024 is 45% Merlot, 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot
Second wines - Le Clémentin du Pape Clément
Annual production – 120,000 bottles
TASTING NOTES
Deep garnet-purple colored. Prances out with showy notes of raspberry coulis, fresh black currants, and plums, plus suggestions of cinnamon stick, lilac, and fertile loam. The light to medium-bodied palate has great tension and fine-grained tannins supporting the vibrant black and red berry flavors, finishing long and fragrant. The intensity and black fruit on here with no form of must concentration is impressive!
53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. Aging 70% in barrels (2/3 new), 15% in foudres, and 15% in ceramic/concrete. Yield was 42 hl/ha.
94/96+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2025
The 2024 Pape Clément now only comes from the original terroir in Pessac. It underwent a rigorous sorting such that 30% was deselected and the Grand Vin comprises half of the remainder. It is aged 70% in barrel (two-thirds new), 15% in foudres and 15% in concrete and stainless-steel/sandstone vessels. It has an elegant bouquet, certainly more restrained than recent vintages with crisp black fruit and veins of blueberry and iris flower. The palate is medium-bodied and powdery in texture with sappy blackberry and bilberry fruit, but the tannins just feel a bit sharp on the finish at the moment. Tasted four or five times, the 2024 is a Pape-Clément with good intentions but doesn't deliver on its promise. The same approach in a benevolent vintage would yield a far better wine. Drink: 2029-2048
90/92
Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2025
