2015 シャトー・パプ・クレマン・ルージュ、ペサック=レオニャン

Very dark. Sweet yet fresh - very beguiling initially but maybe a little overdone. Intense and almost as though concentrated. Rather dry on the end. Hard work on the end. Drink 2024-2034

Fragrant turmeric and black pepper spice, dark and brambled fruit, this is pretty classic Pape Clement, intense and concentrated, ageing rather beautifully with a juicy signoff. Expect a 2015 with swagger and estate signature. Bernard Magrez owner, Michel Rolland consultant. Harvest September 25 to October 15. Drink 2025 to 2040.

Clear reductive environment, saving the best nose for the consumer and not for en primeur. A lovely richly textured wine – really velvety with gorgeous purity to the damson and black cherry fruits. Drink: 2025-2040

The 2015 Pape Clement is blended of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, matured in 80% new and 20% one-year-old French oak barrels for 18 months. Medium to deep garnet-purple, it opens with profound notes of crushed red and black currants, black cherries and cassis with touches of mocha, baking spices, menthol and lavender plus a hint of new leather. Medium-bodied, firm and concentrated with tons of tightly wound black fruit and earth layers, it has a grainy frame and refreshing lift on the long finish.

Shows amazing depth of fruit with fabulous polish and length. Electric acidity. Full body, very integrated and refined tannins. Phenolic finesse shows here. Great finish. It lasts for minutes. Best young Pape Clément I have tasted. Grows in the glass.