Château Pape Clement Blanc 2025, Pessac-Leognan
IN BOND
Delivery 2028
The rare dry white wine of Château Pape Clément is made from around 50:50 Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc with a touch of Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle.
The 2025 is mainly Sauvignon Blanc with some Sémillon, Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle. Maturation in 20% new oak, concrete eggs, ceramic tanks and foudres.
TASTING NOTES
This is enveloping, with a broad textural element running throughout. It’s bright and incisive, yet with a blanket of fruit that extends across the palate. Flavorful and long. A blend of 56% sauvignon blanc, 30% semillon and 14% sauvignon gris. Aged in barrels, foudres, concrete, amphorae and stainless steel.
97/98
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2026
Rich, vivid and textured, the 2025 Pape Clément Blanc is outrageously beautiful. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers, tangerine peel, mint and white pepper soar from the glass. All the elements are so well balanced. This builds beautifully through to the intense, palate-staining finish. In 2025, the Blanc is quite simply magnificent—clearly one of the wines of the vintage. 2030 - 2040
96/98
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, April 2026