Chateau Pape Clement 2020 Pessac Leognan Bordeaux France #97 #VM blackberry and black currant preserves

blackberry and black currant preserves nicely melded together

Delicate notes of vanilla and mint slowly come into focus leaving an extraordinarily complex and delicious experience to behold

apple-skin crispness and remarkable energy

the palate is built like a brick house

This organically farmed domaine remains a fine source for Cornas and Saint-Péray

Chateau Pape Clement 2020 Pessac Leognan Bordeaux France #97 #VM blackberry and black currant preserves97 99 Points Jeb Dunnuck Ranking with the top wines of the vintage, the dense purple hued 2020 Chteau Pape Clement offers a sensational bouquet of pure crme de cassis interwoven with notes of liquid violets and classy oak. Possessing flawless balance, full bodied richness, and ultra fine tannins, it excels in this vintage and has a pretty, elegant, yet also layered and concentrated profile. It will drink well with just short term cellaring yet evolve