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2006 Ch Pape Clément Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 6x75cl
06A6PAPC6PK _ 2006 - Ch Pape Clément Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Pape Clément
  • Region Pessac-Léognan
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2006 - Ch Pape Clément Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Pape Clément
  • Region Pessac-Léognan
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £532.32 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £88.72 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £425.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, May 2007, Score: 90-92+

    A modern-styled Graves, the 2006 displays aromatic and savoury notes of roasted coffee and pain grillé with an ample and sweet core of ripe cherry and blackberry fruit. Consistent and true to style.

  • Goedhuis, May 2007, Score: 90-92+

    A modern-styled Graves, the 2006 displays aromatic and savoury notes of roasted coffee and pain grillé with an ample and sweet core of ripe cherry and blackberry fruit. Consistent and true to style.

  • Robert Parker, February 2009, Score: 95

    The dense purple-colored 2006 boasts an extraordinary perfume of lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, burning embers, and a sensation that can only be described as like walking through a damp forest on a hot, humid day. Full-bodied, extraordinarily textured, and multidimensional with an amazingly long finish of nearly 60 seconds, this blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot from a 75-acre vineyard is a compelling wine that is one of the stars of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2030.

  • Robert Parker, April 2007, Score: 92-94

    More accolades are due proprietor Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux's leading visionary, for what he isaccomplishing at his flagship estate as well as at myriad other properties. Pape-Clement's harvesttook place between September 21 and October 10. Yields were only 40 hectoliters per hectare, and the final blend was 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Franc. While the 2006 will not make anyone overlook the immortal 2005, it is a brilliant, blue/purple-tinged effort exhibiting aromas of lead pencil shavings interwoven with blueberries, raspberries, black currants, and background wood. Medium to full-bodied, pure, textured, and structured, this beauty is one of the appellation's finest wines.It should put on even more weight with some bottle age. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2030.

  • Jancis Robinson, May 2007, Score: 16.5

    Dark purple with a pink rim. Some fresh, good quality oak on the nose. I feel as though I have tasted many wines like this before (not today)! Neat, well judged fruit, pretty tight inky tannins. I wonder if this is Pape Clément? [it did indeed turn out to be The Flashy One] It tastes eerily like previous vintages of it. It lacks the mellowness of some other examples of 2006 Graves. A well put together package even if this tastes a bit constructed rather than grown.

Producer

Château Pape Clément

Created in the 13th century by Pope Clément V, Château Pape Clément is one of the oldest estatesin Bordeaux. After he took the Papacy in 1306 and moved to Avignon, he relinquished the châteauto the church. This heritage remains with the château today in the form of a Papal cross on its label - a symbol that is shared by Châteauneuf du Pape producers in the Rhône Valley. Since 1985 with the arrival of Bernard Magrez, much in...Read more

Created in the 13th century by Pope Clément V, Château Pape Clément is one of the oldest estatesin Bordeaux. After he took the Papacy in 1306 and moved to Avignon, he relinquished the châteauto the church. This heritage remains with the château today in the form of a Papal cross on its label - a symbol that is shared by Châteauneuf du Pape producers in the Rhône Valley. Since 1985 with the arrival of Bernard Magrez, much investment has been made to increase the potential at this estate including extensive grape selection, stainless steel fermentation and additional new oak barrels for the château's ageing cellar.Read less

Region

Pessac-Léognan

Stretching from the rather unglamorous southern suburbs of Bordeaux, for 50 km along the left bank of the river Garonne, lies Graves. Named for its gravelly soil, a relic of Ice Age glaciers, this is the birthplace of claret, despatched from the Middle Ages onwards from the nearby quayside to England in vast quantities. It can feel as though Bordeaux is just about red wines, but some sensational white wines are produced in this area from a blend of sauvignon blanc, Semillon and, occasionally, muscadelle grapes, often fermented and aged in barrel. In particular, Domaine de Chevalier is renowned for its superbly complex whites, which continue to develop in bottle over decades. A premium appellation, Pessac-Leognan, was created in 1987 for the most prestigious terroirs within Graves. These are soils with exceptional drainage, made up of gravel terraces built up in layers over many millennia, and consequently thrive in mediocre vintages but are less likely to perform well in hotter years. These wines were appraised and graded in their own classification system in 1953 and updated in 1959, but, like the 1855 classification system, this should be regarded with caution and the wines must absolutely be assessed on their own current merits.

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