Château Pape Clément

Robert Parker : 95/100

"This is a very excellent wine that is performing much better now than it ever has. Complex aromas of blackberries, cherries, pencil lead and violets emerge from the glass as smoke and black plums play in background. The smokiness continues on the palate, as does the excellent fruit content, though now with perhaps a touch of currant as well. Some damp earth and camphor is tossed in at the end for good measure- overall this is a fantastic success. And truly and wine I want to drink over and over again. Regal and sexy . . . if you have missed out on '04- well then you have missed out."