Pape Clement Vintage:2008 This has the legs to

This has the legs to age well over the medium to even longer-term but should drink reasonably well young if desired

16 ha parcel in Charmes proper of vines planted in 1885 that have never been pulled up though Roty points out that all those that have died over the years have been replanted)

Cabernet Sauvignon dominates this wine with 90%

This isn’t classic and stylistically I prefer the 2010 but with that said

Pape Clement Vintage:2008 This has the legs toShowing a good depth of color the wine offers a rich dose of chocolate covered plums and cherries with tobacco leaf, licorice, smoke, and coffee bean. Straddling the fence between opulence and freshness, the finish hangs in there with its dusty cherries, smoke and licorice notes. Give this a decade in the cellar before popping a cork, it will be worth the wait.