1993 Pape Clement
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An unimpressive medium ruby color is followed by a textbook Graves nose of berries, tobacco, and spicy scents with that notion of scorched earth and hot rocks. This is a lighter wine than the great 1990, but within the style of the vintage, it is well-balanced, exhibiting sweet, redcurrant, plummy fruit, undeniable elegance and finesse, and a soft, round finish. The wine is more pleasurable than the score indicates. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.
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Elegant, light- to medium-bodied, showing some nice fruit and meaty, gamy character that's quite appealing. Firm tannins, so try in 1998. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1996
An unimpressive medium ruby color is followed by a textbook Graves nose of berries, tobacco, and spicy scents with that notion of scorched earth and hot rocks. This is a lighter wine than the great 1990, but within the style of the vintage, it is well-balanced, exhibiting sweet, redcurrant, plummy fruit, undeniable elegance and finesse, and a soft, round finish. The wine is more pleasurable than the score indicates. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Among the oldest estates in Bordeaux, Ch. Pape Clément has been guided into the modern era by Bernard Magrez, who has managed the estate since 1985. It makes some of the best reds in the region.