CHÂTEAU PAPE CLÉMENT 2016

Château Pape Clément 2016

“Stunning concentration of perfectly ripe blackcurrants here with a delicate whiff of vanilla oak and extremely fine tannins that are almost perfectly integrated on the seductive and delicate palate, right through the almost literally breathtaking, super-long and very polished finish. Try from 2022.” – 98/100, James Suckling

VARIETIES: 60% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot,1% Cabernet Franc
REGION: Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
AGEING: Aging for 18 months in oak barrels
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Try from 2022 or will cellar well up to 20 years
SERVE: Serve at 16 – 18ºC
FITS TO: Perfectly with meat dishes such as beef, lamb, game (deer, venison) and poultry
CRITICS SCORES: JS/98, JD/97, WS/96, RP/96, WE/95, D/95

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Grand Cru Classé de Graves, Rouge | Range | Château Pape Clément

VINEYARD MANAGEMENT
– Parcel based management
– Grass grown between the grass, ploughing between vine rows
– Integrated pest management, vigor control
– Debudding, removal of side shoots, green harvesting
– Manual harvest in small crates
– Tillage with animal traction
– Terra Vitis Label and HVE3 Label (high environmental value 3th level )

WINEMAKING
– First sorting in the vineyard, manual harvest in crates
– Manual destemming berry by berry and use of a sorting table
– Transfer into 30-70 hl wooden vats by gravity flow
– Low temperature pre-fermentation maceration
– Manual punching down
– 30-40 day maceration
– The wine is run off into French oak barrels by gravity flow
– Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels
– Aging for 18 months in oak barrels

BLEND
60% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot,1% Cabernet Franc