Wine Chateau Pape-Clement AOC Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves 2000
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Tasting Notes
Chateau Pape-Clement has a deep ruby red color.
Chateau Pape Clement extraordinary seduces with juicy flavors of black currant, cherry jam, a special charm infused notes of chocolate, coffee, tobacco, earth and minerals.
Stunning aroma reveals notes of smoke, chocolate, black currant, cherry liqueur and new oak.
The wine will be an excellent addition to dishes of meat, game, poultry and cheese.
Interesting Facts
Try the luxurious Chateau Pape-Clement 2000, which, according to the authoritative opinion of Robert Parker, the best vintages of the estate for the past 30 years. For its creation were used only 55% of the crop, and the usual formula blending changed. Château Pape Clément 2000 provides a perfect balance, tremendous concentration and amazing long and complex bouquet gives real pleasure, revealing clean flavors of black currant, cherry jam, chocolate and minerals, which gradually replace each other. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in 2003, vintage 2000 won the gold medal. According to experts, the wine will be revealed in 2007, but will continue to grow until 2025!
Château Pape Clément wine produced winery Chateau Pape Clément. Huge contribution to the viticulture Pessac Leognan-introduced Bishop Bertrand de Goth, who was later elected Pope Clement the Fifth, it is in his honor farm Chateau Pape-Clement got its name.
During its existence, the estate belonged to different owners. Today it is led by Leo Montagne and Bernard Magrez, who continue a long tradition of winemaking.
Vineyards farms spread over an area of 32.5 hectares and are grown Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Vintage thoroughly and carefully collected, after which the berries are carefully selected. After 18 months of maceration wine. is in French barriques.
Images of keys - the symbol of papal authority - adorn the labels of wine Chateau Pape Clement. Additional awards and ratings:
Chateau Pape Clement 2001: Gold medal at the prestigious competition «International Wine and Spirit Competition Awards» in London in 2004 and at the Bordeaux competition in 2003
Chateau Pape Clement 2003 silver medal in Paris in 2005
Producer's description
Pape Clément Castle is named after its most famous owner. Bertrand de Goth was born in 1264. At the age of 31, he becomes bishop in the Pyrenees, and later, in 1299, archbishop of Bordeaux. Then he received as a gift an estate in Pessac. He had a great passion for viticulture and was personally involved in equipping, organizing and managing the area in accordance with the most modern and rational methods. However, on June 5, 1305, Bertrand was elected Pope and he took the name Clement V (Clement V). Supported by Philip IV, in 1309 the Papal Court moved to the city of Avignon. During this period, burdened with his duties, the Pope is forced to leave his estate and hand it over to the Archbishop of Bordeaux. Henceforth, the vineyard will be known to posterity under the name of the Pope. Each of the archbishops continued the work of the Pope and improved the vineyard in every possible way.
At the end of the XVIII century after the revolution, the Archbishop of Bordeaux was deprived of his estate and the vineyard became part of public property. Several owners succeeded each other, struggling with various epidemics in the vineyard, until in 1858 it was acquired by the Bordeaux wine merchant Jean Baptiste Clerc. Excellent management of the estate, he revived the glory of Château Pape Clement wines, the quality of which was confirmed by the Gold Medal of the Gironde Agricultural Society and the Great Medal of the Ministry of Agriculture at the International Exhibition of 1878. Jean-Baptiste Clerc also built the castle, later reconstructed by the next owner, Mr. Cinto. June 8, 1937 was a dark day in the history of the vineyard, when a heavy downpour destroyed it almost completely. Two years later, the estate was bought by Paul Montagne and gradually brought it back to life. Thanks to his efforts, the vineyard returned to its former level and withstood the surge of urbanization. His descendant Léo Montagne and Bernard Magrez continue the centuries-old tradition in such a way that Chateau Pape Clement wines delight wine lovers today and in the future.
The vineyards of the economy are spread over an area of 32.5 hectares with a wide variety of terroirs. 30 hectares are occupied by red grape varieties - Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and only 2.5 hectares are given over to Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle. The harvest is carefully and carefully harvested, after which the berries undergo a rigorous selection. Excerpt wines Chateau is carried out only in French barriques. Images of keys - a symbol of Papal power - adorn the labels of four wines from Chateau Pape-Clement.
