Brand: Chateau Pape Clement
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2007
Rating: 95
WS95: Subtle, yet very rich, with lemon peel, cooked apple, sliced fennel and tropical fruit aromas. Full-bodied, offering ultraintense flavors of cream, toasted coconut and honey. A complex, lively wine that goes on and on. An opulent style, almost New World. This will age, but why wait? Drink now. 835 cases made.
WA94: Tasted at the UGC in London. You cannot escape just how lovely this bouquet is. Touches of white flowers, vanilla pod, custard creme, mango and a touch of lime. Wonderful definition. The palate is medium-bodied, fine tannins, real depth of flavour here with the oak interwoven into the plush, oaky texture (showing less of the petrol aromas it exhibited at birth.) It will need time for that oak to subsume itself entirely, but it is a really beautiful Blanc '07. Drink 2012-2018. Tasted November 2009.