{"id":27171,"date":"2017-05-15T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27171"},"modified":"2017-05-15T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:21:19","slug":"pape-clement-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/05\/pape-clement-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Pape Cl\u00e9ment 2016 &#8220;one of the raciest, silkiest wines I have ever tasted here!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;a more classic style&#8217; of <strong>Pape Cl\u00e9ment<\/strong> red, says Neal Martin (95-97), while Galloni found it\u00a0&#8216;one of the raciest, silkiest wines I have ever tasted here&#8217; (93-96), and that &#8216;it is the wine&#8217;s balance that is most remarkable&#8217;. Jane Anson, writing for Decanter notes that this is &#8216;a step-change in many ways from the vintages where Pape Cl\u00e9ment went all-out for power&#8217; (94).<\/p>\n<p>Our own notes from two tastings still found it quite a big dense style, like James Molesworth of the Wine Spectator who calls it &#8216;a big wine&#8217;, and maybe more in line with the first bottle Neal Martin tried which he said &#8216;felt a little overdone&#8217;, but we finish our note with &#8216;but in its own terms it works&#8217;, so if you are a fan of the Chateau, go for it!<\/p>\n<p>Also out today is <strong>Meyney<\/strong>, which we did not find particularly remarkable this year and we suggest you&#8217;d be better off buying the really excellent 2014 for \u00a3210 a case IB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/RECENT-RELEASES-261-02.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Order-here-large-button.png\" alt=\"Order Here\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;a more classic style&#8217; of Pape Cl\u00e9ment red, says Neal Martin (95-97), while Galloni found it\u00a0&#8216;one of the raciest, silkiest wines I have ever tasted here&#8217; (93-96), and that &#8216;it is the wine&#8217;s balance that is most remarkable&#8217;. 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