Address: 216 Avenue Dr Nancel Penard, 33607 Pessac Telephone: +33 (0)5 57 26 38 38 E-mail: chateau@pape-clement.com Website: www.pape-clement.com One of Bordeaux’s most historic estates and the only one to be able to claim a Pope be behind its origins. Today Château Pape Clément makes terrifically opulent wines. The estate takes its name from its […]

The following are my tasting notes [A-H] on the wines of Pessac-Léognan over the past twenty years. For properties I-Z click here. Most of the notes refer to recent tastings undertaken with the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux and the MW Institute. Do click on the individual chateaux profiles under this heading for more details. […]

Address: 33180 St Estèphe Telephone: +33 (0)5 56 59 30 12 Dense and masculine wines with profound intensity in the best vintages and quite terrifying [ripe] tannin levels make second growth Château Montrose St Estèphe’s Château Latour. The estate is a modern day first growth that sits on high up overlooking the Gironde river. For […]