Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
93
/100
Reviews
18
professional
Vintages
1
2001
Other
93/100
Red Bordeaux Blend
NV
Community Reviews
2525
Reviews
93.3
Avg Score
96
Highest
Taster #1418
· Aug 4, 2025
92/100
Tasted blind. Nice nose of tobacco, red fruit. Really elegant, earthy, notes of old leather and spice. Surprisingly fine and tender tannins. Lovely wine which seems to be well within its drinking window.
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Taster #8373
· Aug 4, 2025
96/100
Liquid forest floor !!! Amazing
2001 vintage
Taster #4762
· May 25, 2025
Just about hitting its peak. Fine energy and sauve structure oak is mostly knit and tertiary character is emerging. Fine bottle!
2001 vintage
Taster #4949
· Feb 6, 2025
92/100
I am so much in love with this wine, so do not trust me...
2001 vintage
Taster #6330
· Dec 7, 2024
PNP Plenty of aged Bord charm but fruit never strutted its stuff Still have 1/2 and will check tonight
2001 vintage
Taster #1409
· Nov 28, 2024
93/100
Decanted 2 hours due to strong Brett which eventually dissipated. Purplish red in color, nose of cherries and cassis, barnyard, truffles, caramel with menthol notes and hints of tobacco. Palate is with lots of tertiary development but still present dark fruit, soft tannins and balanced acidity finishing long with slight white pepper note. Peaking and will not improve further. Ready to drink.
2001 vintage
Taster #3158
· Oct 6, 2024
93/100
I only have one bottle of the 2001 Pape Clement, and I'm glad I opened it when I did. Drinking well now and, while it will still keep a few years, I dont see any significant upside to waiting. Started inauspiciously with the cork breaking and falling in. On the nose, fragrant but not as vivid as the exceptional 2000 I had last year. On the palate, one could see the influence of the hotter vintage in 2001 vs 2000; …
2001 vintage
Taster #3158
· Oct 5, 2024
92/100
I only have one bottle of this wine, and I'm glad I opened it when I did. Drinking well now and, while it will still keep a few years, I don’t see any significant upside to waiting. On the palate, there was black fruit, truffle, tobacco and graphite with silky tannins and a moderate finish. Quite rich and fruit forward but still fresh and enough secondary characteristics made it through.
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Taster #7568
· Oct 4, 2024
95/100
Consistent to my last tasting note. Gloriously aromatic nose with farmyard leather and an tones, combined with black fruit and sweet spices. The pallet is a bit lighter than a nose suggest but an excellent food and it was gone. Wonderful, Bardo as it should be.
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Taster #4949
· Oct 1, 2024
92/100
Always SUPERB... But remember I am quite partial when drinking Pape Clement...
2001 vintage
Taster #9912
· Aug 22, 2024
93/100
Flamboyant nose of sweet, caramel, super jammy dark fruits, a touch of spicy cocoa. Jet black colour, rather dense and quite chewy, heavy on the palate, extracted and sweet, a little heat, new world in style. The wine is insanely Parkerised.
2001 vintage
Taster #4255
· Aug 4, 2024
94/100
Very nice mix of fruit and tertiary flavors. Fruit is still ripe - plum, orange peel - and umami, earthy flavors are prominent as well - mushroom, sweet herbs, dried rosemary, a little funk. Still fresh acid and nice tannins. Nowhere near being past its prime. If it’s out of balance at all, it’s maybe the plus acid. Not an absolute showstopper but still delicious.
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Taster #8846
· Apr 27, 2024
Nice wine from the start. Soft aged flavors of earth, tobacco with nice developed fruit. Drank well for a couple hours but then faded a bit. It was good right out of bottle and I did decant. Next time I will leave in the bottle. Have a case left and hope it holds for a while
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Taster #4949
· Dec 28, 2023
93/100
Fantastic wine despite it was a little bit too chilled. NB: I love Pessac-Leognan...
2001 vintage
Taster #8126
· Dec 24, 2023
93/100
Purchased recently as a one off. Very nice. Fully mature and ready to go after a one hour decant.
2001 vintage
Taster #8607
· Dec 21, 2023
55F since acquiring on release - youthful red black - smoke and graphite and soy - savory AF - tannins both silky velvet and powdery fine - nice wine particularly for charred meats like this lamb
2001 vintage
Taster #9380
· Nov 21, 2023
93/100
Lovely ash, tobacco, cedar and new leather nose. Bit light in the mouth but with lovely gravel and mineral finish. Come across that it’s a touch green but the oak has morphed into a lovely nose. A clear notch down from the 2000 rendition and couple of notches from the excellent 1998. Really enjoyable though. Drink now, it didn’t need air and there isn’t much depth of fruit. 93pts
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Taster #3082
· Nov 20, 2023
93/100
13% Alc., natural cork, 5% soaked, still strong dark purpur red color with no ageing reflexes. Nose: Smell of beautiful matured Bdx. Palate: Very good freshness, good balance, ripe heart cherry to sour cherry, melty black chocolate, wine doesn't show tiredness, pleasant tones of ripeness and secondary aromas. Bottle was quite fast emptied. Give it 1h in the decanter! That's what you desire when you drink well stored matured Bdx. Unfortunately my last bottle.
2001 vintage
Taster #4493
· Oct 21, 2023
Not my style
2001 vintage
Taster #9489
· Oct 8, 2023
93/100
From magnum. Showing some signs of age with lightening around the rim and some more tertiary notes appearing on the smoky, sous-bois and cedar-infused nose. Soft as velvet through the mid-palate with some fruit remaining. Just lacking a bit of structure and the length, breadth and depth on the finish to make this more interesting. An enjoyable bottle for sure, just not to the same level as one enjoyed a year ago. Drink 'em if you've got 'em as I …
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Taster #0424
· Sep 24, 2023
PnP Nose of dark fruit, tobacco, wet soil, cedar, and spice. Med body, med- acidity, med- tannin. This is sugning now. All elements are in line. I would enjoy this Joe and over the next 10 years.
2001 vintage
Taster #1858
· Sep 5, 2023
93/100
„Very classical“, that was in my mind during the drinking experience over 2 days with this one. Typical aromas of tobacco, wet earth and leaves, pencil shavings. Good structure and fine tannins on the palate. Not the most powerful wine but refined and in a perfect window now! 92-93
2001 vintage
Taster #4406
· Jul 14, 2023
Nose of cassis/ dk berry. On my palate I first get a smokiness, then a sweetness that fills the palate and gives this wine good length. This is not a heavy wine but is packed with great flavours. Leather, tobacco, dk chocolate, dark berry to name a few. This softens and gains complexity as you finish the bottle. Excellent wine! A pleasure to drink.
2001 vintage
Taster #7568
· Jun 30, 2023
95/100
It has been a long time since I had this. I remember it just like it was. A lighter, may be a touch diluted (like so often in 2001) version of the amazing 2000. Excellent aromas of farmyard funk, dark fruit, forest floor. Aroma 96+, palate 94, quite light and a touch too much acidity for the fruit. At peak now, drink up.
2001 vintage
Taster #3908
· May 24, 2023
94/100
Really beautiful bottle drinking very well, still with many years Still ahead of it. Solid acidity, lots of wonderful gravel scents. Drink or hold
2001 vintage