Bid on this bottle of 1988 Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan (94WS, 93JG, 92RP). Wine Spectator: "Aromas of iodine, pipe tobacco and red fruits follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and intense flavors of tar, berry, and licorice. Beautiful texture too. Long and seductive. Really excellent. *Highly Recommended* (JS, Web-2009)" (06/2009)
1988 Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan
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Provenance: Purchased from a reputable source and stored at a professional temperature-controlled wine storage facility until picked up by K&L.
1988 Pape Clément, Pessac-Léognan
94WS
93JG
92RP
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 mlFill Level:Very High ShoulderLabel Condition:Lightly Nicked Label
Reviews
94
Wine Spectator
06/2009
Aromas of iodine, pipe tobacco and red fruits follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and intense flavors of tar, berry, and licorice. Beautiful texture too. Long and seductive. Really excellent. *Highly Recommended* (JS, Web-2009)
93
John Gilman
09/2020
The 1988 Château Pape-Clément is one of the few vintages from the decade of the 1980s that I did not buy in depth from the estate, so I do not get a chance to drink this wine as often as I do some of the other vintages of this property. The wine is yet another outstanding example of this underrated vintage, offering up a classic nose of cassis, gravelly soil tones, cigar smoke, tobacco leaf and a touch of new oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and complex, with a very refined sense of balance, a great core of black fruit, good transparency and grip and a long, modestly tannic and well-balanced finish. This is a very strong vintage of Château Pape-Clément which may ultimately outpace the more highly touted 1986 (which I still have a case of in the cellar). I should have bought a box of the 1988 when I was selling it. (JG) 93+
