Château PAPE CLÉMENT
Grand cru classé

Revue du Vin de France : 90-91/100 « Malgré la présence de la matière, c’est la sensation d’acidité qui domine la dégustation. Cela confère au vin beaucoup d’élan, mais aussi un caractère légèrement anguleux, qui se fondra certainement. Les arômes sont citronnés et chlorophylliens. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 93-94/100
Quarin : 92/100 « Tendre à l'attaque, puis très fruité et plaisant, le vin prend de l'énergie en milieu de bouche, en se parfumant. Il s'achève un brin salin dans la persistance, tout en fondant. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 92-95/100 « Ripe pear, tangerine oil, passionfruit, mint and jasmine open with a bit of time in the glass. The 2021 is promising. »
Martin (Vinous) : 91-93/100 « The palate is well balanced, perhaps tauter than recent vintages with a fine spine of acidity, a dab of stem ginger and lemongrass towards the finish. »

Rated 94/100 by N. MARTIN «The 2020 Pape Clément (white) has a bright nose with scents of orchard fruit, orange pith and lime cordial scents, well defined and focused. The palate is fresh and mineral-driven, quite taut, much less oaky than other vintages and displaying more terroir towards the finish. One of the best whites from the estate that i have tasted. Tasted three times with consistent notes. » (December 2022)

Rated 95/100 by N. MARTIN «The 2020 Pape Clément (red) has a incredibly intense bouquet with multi-layered blackberry and bilberry fruit, cedar and black olive compote aromas. Hints of vanilla pod and black truffle emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with firm and quite assertive tannins that frame a huge weight of fruit (more than Domaine de Chevalier or Malartic-Lagravière tasted alongside). It's not a subtle Pessac-Léognan for sure, but there is adequate freshness and a sense of minerality and tension on the finish. It will require at least a decade in bottle but long-term, this will be magnificent. » (December 2022)

The 2019 vintage is rated 96/100 by Neal Martin « This fans out wonderfully on the finish. One of the finest releases from Pape-Clément in recent years. » (Feb. 2022)

Rated 95/100 by M. Quarin «Couleur sombre, intense. Nez très aromatique au fruité mûr et complexe.» (March 2022)

Rated 94/100 by Neal Martin « This is clearly improving in bottle and is turning into a very fine Pessac-Léognan that will give 20 years of drinking pleasure. Excellent. » (Feb. 2020)

Rated 96/100 by Antonio Galloni « The 2017 Pape Clément is outrageously beautiful. Rich, deep and luscious on the palate, the 2017 possesses tremendous energy and richness from start to finish. [...] an unctuous, racy wine of the highest level. » (March 2020)

Rated 94/100 by Jean-Marc Quarin « Finement charnu en entrée de bouche, le vin se développe très parfumé au milieu, tout en prenant de la puissance. Il reste très nuancé dans sa stimulation et s’achève persistant, très agréable, sur des tannins fins pleins de saveurs. » (Oct. 2020)

Rated 92/100 by N. MARTIN «The 2020 La Tour Carnet was impressive from barrel. Now in bottle, it has a composed and understated bouquet that grows in stature with aeration. A second bottle had a more accentuated marine scent. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, nicely judged acidity, very harmonious with an expressive, lightly spiced and persitent finish. Excellent.» (December 2022)

The 2019 vintage is rated 90/100 by Jean-Marc Quarin « Délicat à l'attaque, savoureux au milieu, avec un corps fondant et une légère vivacité dans la saveur, le vin s'achève bien construit et long. » (Feb. 2022)

The 2019 vintage is rated 93/100 by Neal Martin « The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy and generous, with succulent ripe tannins, a satiny texture and a gossamer finish that slips down the throat. Afford it 5–6 years and this should evolve into a lovely Saint-Émilion. » (Feb. 2022)