- Château Pape Clement Blanc 2021 has been released at £1,163 per 12×75.
- Neal Martin scored the wine 91-93 points.
- The 2013, 2014 and 2020 look good value.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Pape Clement Blanc 2021 has been released at €96 per bottle ex-négociant, up 8.1% on the 2020’s opening price.
It is being offered by the international trade for £1,163 per 12×75. There are back vintages that look better value in relation to today’s release. See more pricing analysis below.
Critics’ scores
Neal Martin (Vinous) scored the wine a barrel range of 91-93 points and observed that ‘it should age well in bottle’.
Antonio Galloni (Vinous) awarded it a slightly higher score of 93-95 and called it ‘promising’.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) gave it 92-94 points. She said: ‘Light-bodied, the palate has wonderful tension and loads of tightly wound citrus and tropical layers, finishing long and minerally’.
William Kelley (Wine Advocate) awarded it 93-94, observing that ‘the 2021 Pape Clément Blanc shows the tension and cut that this vintage could bring to dry white Bordeaux’.
Jane Anson rated it 94-points.
Fair Value analysis
Prices for Pape Clement Blanc are 89% correlated to age. Using Liv-ex’s Fair Value methodology, today’s opening price comes at a premium to last year’s release.
Buyers looking for value might want to consider the 2014 and 2013 vintages. Both are currently available at a discount to today’s release and have several additional years in bottle.
The 2014 vintage was also awarded a higher score from Neal Martin of 94 points. In his tasting note, he said that it ‘just builds in the mouth towards a very confidence, sophisticated, tensile finish’ and added that it was ‘superb’.
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Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 580+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 16,000 wines. Independent data, direct from the market.
