2012 - Pape Clement, Pessac-Leognan

Country: France |
Region: Bordeaux |
Appellation: Pessac-Leognan |
Producer: Pape Clement |
Classification: Cru Classe |
Colour: Red |
ABV: 13.5% |
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Tasting Notes

93
The Wine Independent Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 16 Feb 23
The 2012 Pape Clement is a blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Medium to deep garnet colored, it charges out with plum preserves, blackcurrant pastilles, and raspberry leaves scents with touches of cedar chest and bay leaves. Medium-bodied, with juicy black fruit coating the mid palate and soft tannins, it finishes with a lively lift.
Drinking Date: 2022 - 2036
92
Inside Bordeaux Jane Anson - 30 Mar 22
Tertiary notes of leather, earth, truffle, blueberry and raspberry fruits. Enjoyable, but more evolved than the last time I tasted this vintage ex-cellar. It's an enjoyable wine, soft and sappy, and easy to recommend. 100% new oak, Michel Rolland consultant.
Drinking Date: 2022 - 2040
88
Vinous Neal Martin - 27 Sep 22
The 2012 Pape Clément has quite a high-toned bouquet with liquorice-infused red fruit, violet and camphor emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy ripe tannins, high-toned and slightly volatile towards the heady finish. This needs calming down. After tasting blind at Southwold, a second bottle at the Bordeaux Index did nothing to alter my view about this Pessac-Léognan.
Drinking Date: 2022 - 2030