CHÂTEAU PAPE CLÉMENT 2019

Château Pape Clément 2019

“As to the Grand Vin 2019 Château Pape Clement, it reveals a dense purple hue to go with stunning aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, lead pencils shavings, scorched earth, and tobacco. Beautifully balanced, with flawless tannins, this full-bodied Pessac has that rare mix of elegance and power, a great mid-palate, and again, perfect balance. It’s one of the gems of the vintage and has some accessibility today given its purity and balance, yet deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will cruise for 20-25 years or more in cold cellars. The blend is equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, brought up in two-thirds new French oak.” – 98/100, Jeb Dunnuck

VARIETIES: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc
REGION: Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
AGEING: Aging for 18 months in oak barrels
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Try from 2024 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: JD/98, JS/97, D/95, WE/95, RP/94, WS/94

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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

55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc