Wine Chateau Pape-Clement, AOC Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves, 2008
Reviews of purchase Chateau Pape-Clement, AOC Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves, 2008
Tasting Notes
The wine has a ruby red color with shades of mahogany.
The wine has a rounded, smooth, complex, elegant taste with hints of fruit, leather and wood.
The wine has a wonderful, honest and complex aroma with expressive nuances of fruit, flowers and spices.
The wine will be an excellent addition to dishes of meat, game, poultry and cheese.
Interesting Facts
"Chateau Pape-Clement" 2008 - red wine created from two great grape varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown on clay-gravel soil. The average age of the vines - 30 years. Stocking density - 7,700 vines per hectare. In the care of the vineyards used bio-techniques: pruning in several approaches, the elimination of weeds and plowing with horses. Harvested by hand. The wine is aged in new French oak barrels for 18 months. The combination of exquisite fruity taste and aroma wondrous "Chateau Pape-Clement" 2008 will give unforgettable pleasure.
Wine "Chateau Pape-Clement" has won a number of awards at international competitions, including gold medals at the "International Wine and Spirit Competition Awards" in London in 2004 and at the Bordeaux competition in 2003, silver in the competition in Paris in 2005 .
Wine "Chateau Pape Clement" is made winery Château Pape Clément. Huge contribution to the viticulture Pessac Leognan-introduced Bishop Bertrand de Goth, who during the time of Philip the Fair in 1305, he was 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 with a wide variety of terroirs. 30 hectares occupied by red grape varieties - Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and only 2.5 hectares brought to Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle. Vintage thoroughly and carefully collected, after which the berries are carefully selected. Excerpt wines Chateau is only in French barriques. Images of keys - the symbol of papal authority - adorn the labels of four wines from Château Pape Clément.
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.