Pape Clement Blanc 2019

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Tasting Notes
The 2019 Pape-Clément Blanc has an attractive and complex nose with yellow plum, lanolin and light smoky scents, very well-defined with neatly assimilated oak. Noticeable SO2 here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine acidity, lacking a bit of mid-weight density and thereafter it just seems to lose complexity with a tinned pineapple and Golden Delicious finish. This bottle may have suffered light strike. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. Score: - Neal Martin, Vinous.com 01 February 2023
The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is aged in French oak barrels and concrete eggs. The nose offers delicate scents of wild peach and Nashi pear, opening to reveal hints of apricot blossom; a light chamomile aroma emerges with time. The palate is very well balanced, taut and fresh, with a fine bead of acidity, good weight and a judicious touch of spice on the finish. Excellent. Score: 92 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2024-2037 01 February 2022
The 2019 Clémentin de Pape Clément Blanc has quite an intense bouquet that oddly reminded me of a white Rhône, touches of praline infusing the light peach and orange zest aromas. The palate has a pleasant spiciness on the entry. Quite saline in the mouth, harmonious with an uncomplicated but vibrant finish. Fine. Score: 89 - 91 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023 - 2030 01 June 2020
The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is a hard wine to read. In 2019, the Blanc is rather airy and ethereal, which is to say quite different from the more unctuous style Bernard Magrez once favored here. At the same time, though, the wine also feels disjointed and a bit elusive. I admire its freshness and energy, and yet also wish it had a bit more depth. Score: 92 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2023-2031 01 February 2022
The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is rich and creamy, but also restrained. Jasmine, green pear and white pepper add pretty aromatic top notes. With good texture and depth, the 2019 is not as rich or heavy as it can be, and that is a good thing. Tasted two times. Score: 91 - 93 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 June 2020
Beautifully rich on the nose, with a sense of forward motion and cool gunsmoke confidence. Full of flavour, this takes things slowly, building layer by layer with apricot, nectarine pit. Poised and restrained at first but expands through the mid palate, has a physicality and an architure to it that all great white wines need, and this is impressive. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Michel Rolland consultant. Score: 95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2022-2036 13 January 2022
Great dollop of slate texture as things kick off before it opens to show the luxurious signature of Pape Clement. Apricot, citrus, dill, gentle white pepper spice. Great texture that gives weight and depth without being swamped by oak. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Michel Rolland consultant. Score: 95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2021-2038 09 November 2021
Finely balanced between richly textured and restrained savoury white pear and citrus fruits. Walks the line between the two, far more successful to my taste than it did perhaps a decade ago, when this was a bigger style of white. You can clearly tell that this has impact and confidence, but it is beautifully complex and well-put together. Fermented in barrel, large sized oak casks and (15%) in cement egg-shaped vats. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Consultant Michel Rolland. Tasted twice two weeks apart. Score: 94 Jane Anson, Decanter.com Maturity: 2021-2032 30 May 2020
A blend of 46% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Gris, the 2019 Blanc was harvested from the 30th of August to the 13th of September. It was vinified in various types of vessels. Sixty percent was fermented in French oak barrels of varying capacities ranging from 225 to 500 liters, 22% of which were new. Seven percent was fermented in concrete eggs. Seventeen percent was fermented in large, French oak foudres, with 44% new. And 16% was fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. The nose of this nascent beauty was locked up tight for the first few minutes, eventually unfurling to offer subtle scents of fresh pineapple, green guava, kumquat and lemon zest with an emerging core of honey-drizzled white peach, chopped almonds and oyster shells plus a waft of baker's yeast. Medium-bodied, the palate is beautifully nuanced and poised, delivering fantastic intensity with a racy backbone and gorgeous satiny texture, finishing with epic length. Stunning. Score: 95 - 97 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 18 June 2020
Always up with the top whites in a vintage, the 2019 Château Pape Clement Blanc sports a light gold hue to go with an exotic bouquet of honeyed grapefruit, citrus, flowers, and brioche. It's beautifully done, medium to full-bodied, and has bright acidity and a great finish. It's a terrific, complex, layered white. Score: 94 - 96 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 11 June 2020
Lots of tangy fruit and beautiful depth. It’s full-bodied, yet racy and very, very long. So much salty and sliced-apple character here. Excellent minerality and intensity. Score: 96 - 97 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 30 April 2020

Tasting Notes

The 2019 Pape-Clément Blanc has an attractive and complex nose with yellow plum, lanolin and light smoky scents, very well-defined with neatly assimilated oak. Noticeable SO2 here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine acidity, lacking a bit of mid-weight density and thereafter it just seems to lose complexity with a tinned pineapple and Golden Delicious finish. This bottle may have suffered light strike. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.

Score: -

Neal Martin, Vinous.com 01 February 2023

The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is aged in French oak barrels and concrete eggs. The nose offers delicate scents of wild peach and Nashi pear, opening to reveal hints of apricot blossom; a light chamomile aroma emerges with time. The palate is very well balanced, taut and fresh, with a fine bead of acidity, good weight and a judicious touch of spice on the finish. Excellent.

Score: 92

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2024-2037 01 February 2022

The 2019 Clémentin de Pape Clément Blanc has quite an intense bouquet that oddly reminded me of a white Rhône, touches of praline infusing the light peach and orange zest aromas. The palate has a pleasant spiciness on the entry. Quite saline in the mouth, harmonious with an uncomplicated but vibrant finish. Fine.

Score: 89 - 91

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023 - 2030 01 June 2020

The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is a hard wine to read. In 2019, the Blanc is rather airy and ethereal, which is to say quite different from the more unctuous style Bernard Magrez once favored here. At the same time, though, the wine also feels disjointed and a bit elusive. I admire its freshness and energy, and yet also wish it had a bit more depth.

Score: 92

Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2023-2031 01 February 2022

The 2019 Pape Clément Blanc is rich and creamy, but also restrained. Jasmine, green pear and white pepper add pretty aromatic top notes. With good texture and depth, the 2019 is not as rich or heavy as it can be, and that is a good thing. Tasted two times.

Score: 91 - 93

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 June 2020

Beautifully rich on the nose, with a sense of forward motion and cool gunsmoke confidence. Full of flavour, this takes things slowly, building layer by layer with apricot, nectarine pit. Poised and restrained at first but expands through the mid palate, has a physicality and an architure to it that all great white wines need, and this is impressive. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Michel Rolland consultant.

Score: 95

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2022-2036 13 January 2022

Great dollop of slate texture as things kick off before it opens to show the luxurious signature of Pape Clement. Apricot, citrus, dill, gentle white pepper spice. Great texture that gives weight and depth without being swamped by oak. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Michel Rolland consultant.

Score: 95

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2021-2038 09 November 2021

Finely balanced between richly textured and restrained savoury white pear and citrus fruits. Walks the line between the two, far more successful to my taste than it did perhaps a decade ago, when this was a bigger style of white. You can clearly tell that this has impact and confidence, but it is beautifully complex and well-put together. Fermented in barrel, large sized oak casks and (15%) in cement egg-shaped vats. Harvest August 30 to September 12. Consultant Michel Rolland. Tasted twice two weeks apart.

Score: 94

Jane Anson, Decanter.com Maturity: 2021-2032 30 May 2020

A blend of 46% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Gris, the 2019 Blanc was harvested from the 30th of August to the 13th of September. It was vinified in various types of vessels. Sixty percent was fermented in French oak barrels of varying capacities ranging from 225 to 500 liters, 22% of which were new. Seven percent was fermented in concrete eggs. Seventeen percent was fermented in large, French oak foudres, with 44% new. And 16% was fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. The nose of this nascent beauty was locked up tight for the first few minutes, eventually unfurling to offer subtle scents of fresh pineapple, green guava, kumquat and lemon zest with an emerging core of honey-drizzled white peach, chopped almonds and oyster shells plus a waft of baker's yeast. Medium-bodied, the palate is beautifully nuanced and poised, delivering fantastic intensity with a racy backbone and gorgeous satiny texture, finishing with epic length. Stunning.

Score: 95 - 97

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 18 June 2020

Always up with the top whites in a vintage, the 2019 Château Pape Clement Blanc sports a light gold hue to go with an exotic bouquet of honeyed grapefruit, citrus, flowers, and brioche. It's beautifully done, medium to full-bodied, and has bright acidity and a great finish. It's a terrific, complex, layered white.

Score: 94 - 96

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 11 June 2020

Lots of tangy fruit and beautiful depth. It’s full-bodied, yet racy and very, very long. So much salty and sliced-apple character here. Excellent minerality and intensity.

Score: 96 - 97

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 30 April 2020

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