GL tasting Pape Clement 10/18/17. Means tall oak tree. 60 Merlot 40 cab. Three vintages. '15 Nose of black berries and palette that's straightforward with some earthiness and medium finish. 8.8. 2010 nose that's black fruit and body with hints of wood and good structure. 8.9. 2005 nose that's complex with that autumnal secondary notes of age and good structure on palate and long finish. Rewards of aging. 9.0. Roland consulting previously but more moving away from me oak. — 8 years ago
Nice acidity. Honey and some vanilla on the nose. Took it for an Alsatian Riesling in a blind tasting (potentially for its age) - had a hint of petrol on the back end of the palate and loads of fresh fruit - generally white fruits (white peach, etc). Definitely a revisit! — 8 years ago
Love this! — 8 years ago
For the price point this is terrific traditional Burgundy. And it only gets better as it opens up. There is some nice mellow oak notes that start coming out. Excellent acid with a lovely blend of minerality and fruit. Not as chalky minerally as say Chablis. A bit fuller body that stands up to bigger dishes — 9 years ago
93/100
vintage 2008 — 9 years ago
Thank you Michel Roland — 10 years ago
A little honey, a little love — 11 years ago
Villa favorita — 11 years ago
Delicious wine for a birthday dinner! — 12 years ago
19 January 2018. Verre de Terre, New York, NY. — 7 years ago
scrambled my brain--really bright & tart-opens into some extremely SOFT&MELLOW fruit & floral moments--but not to worry--never loses the funk--definitely dirty 🍄 — 8 years ago
#dryfarmwines — 8 years ago
12 January 2017. Verre de Terre, New York, NY. — 8 years ago
Very nice - nicely fruity on the nose, medium to full bodied, just a hint of sweetness, excellent acid and a nice long finish. Had at Auberge d'Ill. — 9 years ago
damp hay, concord grape, marshmallow, shrimp broth, mega wet stone - almost oily palate, med+/high phenolics, med + acid — 10 years ago
Excellent Chouilly with candy and licorice taste.
So pleasant — 10 years ago
This wine is made by the great Michel Roland and is a blend of 81% merlot 19% Cabernet Sauvignon from weinbau vineyard candy mountain Dionysus and Conner lee vineyard all are warm sites and the Cabernet is from tapteil on red mountain. A very big and seductive bouquet of dark plum and crem de cassis like fruit very rich and ripe with toasty oak spice dried flowers and dark coco very complex and long on the finish. Big and chewy very rich and layered with silky smooth velvety texture with layers of dark chocolate and a very long finish. Finish 50+ wonderful balance and length with a firm hand of acidity — 11 years ago
Red and black cherry berry fruit fresh herbs tobacco spice with nice complexity. A good amount of cherry and currant berry fruit along with ripe round tannins with great freshness and a good amount of spice very fresh finish a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon merlot Cabernet franc and petit Verdot from young vines fruity and more forward and seductive wine Michele Roland is a consultant on this project finish 40 excellent+. All wine are fermented naturally so they use their own yeasts so they ferment longer than adding commercial strains — 12 years ago
Full-bodied, thick and heavy with a lot of roundness and warmth. Aromas of ripe black and red fruits, a little spicy as well. Elaborated by Michel Roland. Spends 28 months in oak barrels. Superb. — 7 years ago
Yeasty aroma; very much like a brioche or good challah. Fine bubbles, yeast, sweet grape must, and a barely perceptible Flint finish. Excellent! — 8 years ago
A rich Chablis that balances its aromatic and textural opulence with focused acid. Not a laser beam but a bright spotlight that illuminates. — 8 years ago
Bone dry. Wonderful nose. Flavors of peach and gooseberries. — 8 years ago
Still vibrant, and ready to drink. An elegant red decanted 5-6 hours. Notes of clove and currant with a medium to long finish. Nice food wine. — 9 years ago
Nice red would pay up to $20. — 9 years ago
So. Much. Honeysuckle. — 11 years ago
Smooth from the get go. Very nice compliment for cheese fondue — 11 years ago
Philippe L
Cave de Crozon — 7 years ago