Pape Clement Vintage:2008 000 bottles

000 bottles

16 ha parcel in Charmes proper of vines planted in 1885 that have never been pulled up though Roty points out that all those that have died over the years have been replanted)

angular finish

This isn’t classic and stylistically I prefer the 2010 but with that said

Historically

Pape Clement Vintage:2008 000 bottlesShowing a good depth of color the wine offers a rich dose of chocolate covered plums and cherries with tobacco leaf, licorice, smoke, and coffee bean. Straddling the fence between opulence and freshness, the finish hangs in there with its dusty cherries, smoke and licorice notes. Give this a decade in the cellar before popping a cork, it will be worth the wait.