2005 Château Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

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2005 Château Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux"The greatest Pape Clement ever produced? The 2005, a potential legend, boasts a dense purple color along with a glorious, smoky bouquet displaying notions of graphite, plums, cassis, licorice, and subtle oak. Full bodied with magnificent intensity, beautiful fresh acidity, tremendous definition, and a powerful, moderately tannic, super concentrated finish, this beauty should come into its own by 2010, and last for three decades or more. It is a

This purple-hued Forge de Tart unveils lovely fresh red fruits on the nose with spicy and floral notes

Rich dense purple with ultra lush extrovert raspberry

Initially quite muscular

tight mineral core

fairly heavily extracted in his early vintages but clearly moving to a softer style by 2004

what a wine

A gorgeous expression of Pessac-Leognan with sweet tannin

Batailley is one of the successes of the 2003 vintage

crystalline and concentrated tart finish

From a standing start in 2007 Benjamin has made truly exciting progress

great fruit and purity

it is impossible to miss the wine’s striking purity and finesse