1994 Pape Clément

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Pessac Léognan Grand Cru Classé, Graves

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

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Vintage generalizations are particularly hard to make in the Graves, as witness this estate, located just down the road from Haut Brion and La Mission. The '94 Pape-Clément, while a good wine, shows the slight dry edge characteristic of this vintage in the Médoc, and little of the texture of the '94s made at Haut Brion and La Mission. But in '95, a tougher year for Haut Brion and La Mission, Pape Clément made a harmonious, concentrated wine, benefitting from cabernet sauvignon riper than the previous year's. Go figure. Bernard Pujol began doing part of his malolactic fermentation in barrel beginning in 1994, and this technique has no doubt enabled him to make the most of the raw materials of '95.