Chateau Pape Clément
Graves • Pessac-Léognan
Grand Cru Classé
Tour & tasting - English
Between secrets of stones and of great men, the majestic history of Château Pape Clément will be recounted. Discover Seven Centuries of History…
At the foot of our vineyards, in our impressive wooden vat room and in the tranquility of the cellars, discover our unique know-how.
In the tasting room, enjoy Château Pape Clément red as well as two other great wines by Bernard Magrez. An authentic experience.
3 red wine tastings among including Château Pape Clément
- 1h30
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Discovery of Bordeaux Wines - English
Discover the 7 centuries of history of a legendary Grand Cru Classé des Graves.
Visit the wooden vat room dedicated to the vinification of red wine, with its stainless steel piges and be told its manufacturing secrets. Finally, enter in the barrel cellar where our wine is stored for 18 months and discover the subtleties of successful ageing.
Then discover the characteristics of Bordeaux wines and learn all the secrets of this exceptional vineyard, between classification, appellation and regulation.
Tasting of 4 wines (1 dry white wine, 2 red wines, 1 very sweet wine)
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
The Winemaker Calendar - English
Between secrets of stones and of great men, the majestic history of Château Pape Clément will be recounted. Discover Seven Centuries of History…
At the foot of our vineyards we’ll explain all the different work we do during the year. In our impressive wooden vat room and in the tranquility of the cellars, discover our unique know-how.
Then, you will have a tasting of 5 wines including a rosé, a dry white wine, red wines and a very sweet wine. It includes Château Pape Clément red wine.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Tour & tasting class - English
Between secrets of stones and of great men, the majestic history of Château Pape Clément will be recounted. Discover Seven Centuries of History…
At the foot of our vineyards, in our impressive wooden vat room and in the tranquility of the cellars, discover our unique know-how
Discover the secrets of tasting in 3 fundamental steps and discover 8 great wines from exceptional terroirs. The course is led by our experienced technicians.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
5 senses tour - English
Stir up your senses during an new journey in the exceptional place of Château Pape Clément, Grand Cru Classé de Graves in Pessac.
Come for a unique, initiatory and playful getaway in Bordeaux, and discover the wine differently and as nowhere else !
From delicate sensations to whirlwinds feelings, let you guide during a sensory journey.
At first, the touch is highlighted, with soils and materials tactile discovery.
In wine storehouses, the sense of smell expresses itself. A tasting of monovines will allow you to understand the aromas and the contributions of each, in a place soaked by smells of oak and of vintage wines in creation.
Then, the sight comes : a moment between past and present, where you can see the changes which have shaped the vineyard, from 1250 to nowadays.
To perfect this experience, your taste is put to the test during a blind tasting.
And at the end, you are transported in various sound contexts, to understand how they can influence your judgement of wine…
Guided tour with a tasting all along…
Come and discover it without further delay!
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Workshop Wine on the Table - French
Discover the 7 centuries of history of Château Pape Clément. Discover its exceptional terroir as well as the vat room and cellars.
After this visit, our sommelier will give you all the secrets of the wine department and how to grant them, as well as the operating temperature, decanting or not decanting…
You will become a wise host.
Tasting of 8 wines : a rosé, 3 dry white wines, 3 red wines and a very sweet wine.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Workshop Wine on the Table - English
Discover the 7 centuries of history of Château Pape Clément. Discover its exceptional terroir as well as the vat room and cellars.
After this visit, our sommelier will give you all the secrets of the wine department and how to grant them, as well as the operating temperature, decanting or not decanting…
You will become a wise host.
Tasting of 8 wines : a rosé, 3 dry white wines, 3 red wines and a very sweet wine.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Wine & Cheese Pairing - English
Enjoy the visit of a Grand Cru Classé. Discover Seven Centuries of History, a unique terroir and the winemaking secrets of Château Pape Clément.
The sommelier of Château Pape Clément guides you through the discovery and learning of 8 exceptional wines and cheeses. From light and fruity red wine to fatty white wine, find the best pairing and become a connoisseur host during your next family reunion!
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
B-Winemaker - English
Always dreamed of creating our own personalized bottle of wine?
Enjoy a Unique experience in the heart of château Pape Clément, Visit the Chateau, mix and taste your own wine blend and take home your personal bottle!
Visit of the vat-house and barrel cellar.
Learn the secrets of the winemaking process, from the vineyard to the bottle labeling.
Enjoy an introduction to the characteristics of our varietals.
Create and taste your own wine blend to choose the one you like and take it home in a personal souvenir bottle!
At the end of the workshop, tasting of Château Pape Clément red wine
If you would like to share your creation or offer it to several persons, you have the opportunity to make other bottles during the workshop:
Price/adding bottle
Les Grands Chênes 36€
Fombrauge 55€
La Tour Carnet 69€
Pape Clément 74€
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Wine & Caviar Pairing - English
After a historical and technical tour of Château Pape Clément, our sommelier will present you with a surprising marriage of land and sea, pointing out all the similarities between exceptional caviar and wine, from production to tasting.
You will taste three Sturia caviars, matched with an original selection of three Bernard Magrez wines.
- 2 hours
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Quatuor Tour - English
This tour is dedicated to collectors, who are demanding and constantly in search of extraordinary, new sensations.
The sommelier accompanies you on a private tour of Château Pape Clément, where you are sure to be impressed by his explanations of the estate’s history, traditions, and the art of winemaking.
The secrets of producing great growths, focusing on techniques that respect the wine’s intrinsic qualities and its terroir, will fascinate those with a good grasp of oenology.
A tutored tasting of four Great Growth wines from Bernard Magrez will take place in one of the warm space on the estate.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Secrets of Bernard Magrez's Grands Crus Classés - English
Come with us as we guide you through seven centuries of heritage, and a single watchword in wine production: quality.
After a historical and technical tour led by the Cellar Master, you will have a chance to taste four vintages of red Pape Clément (a “vertical” tasting) and experience the privilege of tasting our most treasured gem, the white Pape Clément.
- 2 hours
- Chateau Pape ClémentBordeaux Book
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Participants : From 2 to 20 Persons
Our historie
A rare wine : The Château Pape Clément is one of the jewels of the wide range of vineyards which possesses Bernard Magrez throughout the world. Based in Bordeaux, this big owner made of the quality his battle horse, his asset to face a ceaselessly increasing competition in the sector of wine.
Where from the care brought to this country the exceptional virtues of which make the reputation of Pessac for more than 7 centuries. Size and thinning-out of leaves of a rare requirement, égrenage in the hand, the wine making and the breeding according to the strictest rules, everything is implemented so that the nature expresses without obstacle what it has of better.
Our wines
| Last name | Sales price | Guide | Taste profile | Aging potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château Pape Clément - Rouge | > 100 € |    | Fruité et soyeux | 10 à 15 ans |
| Château Pape Clément - Blanc | 50 à 100 € |    | Fruité et frais | 10 à 15 ans |
| Le Clémentin de Pape Clément - Rouge | 50 à 100 € | | Complexe et charpenté | 10 à 15 ans |
| Le Clémentin de Pape Clément - Blanc | 40 à 50 € | | Floral et vif | 10 à 15 ans |
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Reviews
Our guide was brilliant. I believe his name was Jeromé. He had fantastic English and made it a personal, informative and fun experience.
We had such a great tour and tasting. Hope we can get back here again some day.
Wonderful place and experience!
Excellente expérience - visite fortement recommandée.
More than worth the bus ride and the early tour. Jeremie was extremely knowledgeable and personable, the chateau and the wine area equally stunning. Highly recommend.
My first visit to Bordeaux was a much better experience than I anticipated. I’ve been drinking Bordeaux wines for years. I am looking forward to corking my purchases!
Really nice experience!
Super Acceuil, et superbe visite grâce au très Beau Jeune Homme Blond ( hélas ils ne nous a pas dit son prénom), courtois, très attentif aux questions des visiteurs, et à su faire passer un agréable moment dans ce domaine prestigieux. Le seul point noir à la visite est l’accueil au niveau de la boutique par une Dame Russe, alors certes nous savons que ces clients là ont un fort potentiel, mais il est dommage d’oublier les français qui n’ont peut être pas de Maserati, mais qui ont aussi sans doute des moyens, et ont travaillés dur parfois pour se payer ses plaisirs. Sinon je reviendrais volontiers avec ma famille, en espérant avoir le même guide! Un Visiteur Monégasque.
Very beautifull place. Very lovelly guide. The reception was \"super\". I strongly recomend
We really enjoyed the visit to the winery. The guide was an expert in all winery aspects. The tasting was interesting as well. Thank you!
Laurenc our guide was so informative and enjoyable to be with. She was also helpful in selecting wines to purchase. The grounds were beautiful. An excellent experience all around.
Mara was a great guide. Great explanations, magical experience.
Merci encore pour votre accueil. Votre domaine est magnifique et nous avons passé un excellent moment. Continuez et bon courage
A very informative and enjoyable tour! Would definitely recommend! Thank you!
Merveilleuse expérience de visite et dégustation au château ! Les explications du sommelier étaient passionnantes ! A refaire !
La salle de dégustation est un peu petite pour le nombre de participants mais le guide et la visite étaient très bien
My fiance and I had a great time. Would definitely recommend!
Beautiful grounds, great tour, amazing wine. Enjoyed sitting on the terrace after the tour and trying various glasses of wine.
Bonjour je suis un vrai collectionneur plus 3000 bouteilles dommages que les vins soient deux fois plus cher parfois que la cote idealwine j avais demande pour des grands contenants en 2003 et 2005 et vu les prix j ai abandonne
The grounds and castle were beautiful, however the wine itself was just ok and the whole experience of tasting and tour seemed very commercial. We live close to Napa and frequent there often so it maybe that my standards are high, but there was a lot of people there some in a business meeting of sorts and the tour guide was not clear in communication how long we needed to wait for the tour to start, also we had our 7 year old with us and they didn’t even have water to offer him and we asked. So we had to buy him a large fruit drink from those store. Overall a mediocre tasting experience, only worth it to visit the grounds.
Very good visit of this excellent domain, with good technical explanations. The tasting at the end was a disappointing, though; there were three wines, two of them from lesser appelations. That meant there was no context for the Pape Clément 2015. It would have been much more interesting to have tasted the second wine and another Graves before the grand vin, so as to be able to assess the difference in quality. (The 2015 itself was rather puzzling, it seemed to be remarkably forward and ready to drink).
We had a very enjoyable visit to Chateau Pape Clément. Thank you
L’accueil reçu à été excellent à tout point de vue !
Non rien a dire, c\'était bien Je n\'ai pas un budget me permettant d\'acheter des bouteilles de plus de 18€, en plus je n\'ai pas de cave, donc je ne suis pas un client interressant pour vous. Je compte acheter prochainement une douzaine de bouteilles, mais je veux pas mettre plus de 9€ la bouteille, je prendrai peut etre sur internet, mes bordeaux préférés sont les Pessac leognan
Très belle visite. Renseignements très précis sur le site et les vins.
Un savoureux et délicieux moment ! Au sens propre et au sens figuré ...
Bonjour, lors de ma réservation par Internet je n\'ai vu nulle part que le départ de la visite se faisait depuis la boutique. Comme je suis rentrée par l\'autre rue, j\'attendais à l\'accueil devant le chai. J\'aurais eu besoin de l\'information lors de la réservation pour ne pas créer de retard. Cordialement
Really good visit with our guide answering all our questions
Excellent visite à conseiller
+ on a la possibilité de aussi goute le pape clément, und de 3 verre on dégustation - le premier vin a été complément madéroise, passe, trop vieux et une déseption pour une grand expéditeur du vin comme monsieur bernard
Wine Maker Workshop was very helpful and informative. Excellent job
It was better than "Very good" It was an experience I will never forget. Outstanding presentation.
A wonderful visit to the chateau and tasting in the luxurious room made us happy. Merci.
Peter was a great tour guide. We really enjoyed our tour with him. He was knowledgeable and gave us interesting information. He was friendly and easy to talk to.
Absolutely loved the tour, really excellent! Scott was a brilliant and knowledgeable host, as were the two tour guides at the chateaus. The only possible way to improve would have been another opportunity to enjoy a full glass of wine as part of the tour.
One of the most beautiful chateau of the region
Trés beau domaine tout prés de bordeaux...
Jeremy was outstanding! Seriously, he gave us one of the best experiences ever! We spend time in Napa and Washington state for a long time. Jeremy was the best!
Très belle visite, explications du guide-sommelier très intéressantes. Seul bémol, un peu compliqué de découvrir le lieu d'accueil. Une signalétique aurait été appréciée depuis le parking.
Visite et guide, très bien. Dommage que le vin acheté soit plus cher que dans les hypermarchés.
Great tour and our host was lovely. Highly recommend.
La degustation etais exceptionel par une vraie connaiseure.
Super accueil et Super conseils de dégustation du responsable du magasin.
Visite excellente et à recommander. Un très bon moment. La dégustation était très bien et les explications très claires. Hélas il y avait rupture de stock sur le vin que je souhaitais acheter.
Très surfait, beaucoup de marketing, trop commercial
The tasting and blending exercise was a bit rushed. The staff were very pleasant, patient, and accommodating. There were technical problems with the label printing and quality. We got a good feel of the challenges facing the winemaker every vintage!
L'accueil a toujours été chaleureux Merci
Long delay between the tour and tasting.....had to wait quite a while; some problem with staff being busy with something else.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Your white wine was divine.
Une sommelière exceptionnelle pour la dégustation
EXCELLENT TOUR!!! Pauline was very nice and knowledgable.
Very enjoyable and interesting visit.
La jeune femme ayant conduit la degustation etait dynamique et nous a donné beaucoup d'astuces de degustation, d'adresses et de formations pour nous ameliorer dans le domaine du vin. Un grand merci.
The Pape Clement facility is beautiful. LOVE the large oak aging barrels with the cooling/heating coils inside. One thing. Our tour guide was very sweet and very knowledgeable. At times it was a little hard to understand her English. Thank you for a great tour.
Il a manqué une explication quant à la dégustation. Peut-être quelques explications primitives des méthodes de dégustation et des aromes prépondérants dans les vins dégustés.
l'horaire n'a pas été respecté 20' de retard
Visite très agréable, personnel très compétent, je recommande vivement.
Great tour and tasting experience!
this tour was excellent! Our tour guide was the winemaker and it was individualized for our small group. We were given access to all areas of the chateau, and were even able to view rooms there. Wine tasting and venue were also lovely.
Superbe visite!!! Le vin le plus mémorable que j'ai jamais goûté.
We suspect the wines served for tasting were opened too long ago and lost their qualities,except for the Sauternes,all was a disaster!Was it because of a monday visit?We rejoiced to taste those high ranking wines but it happened to be so disappointing...Not worth the price of 20 euros per ticket.We should have been delighted instead.
Guide très sympathique
Visite très sympathique. j'aurais cependant préféré que la visite se concentre un peu plus sur le vignoble plutôt que de passer 10 minutes à contempler la collection de bouteilles. Très bonne dégustation sinon!
The guide was very experienced and did the tour well but unfortunately there happened to be a group of older Spanish men who ignored the guide and the other guests and made the tour their own show by translating the French explanations into Spanish. This was of course not the guide's fault but it was just unfortunate for the other guests.
Wines too expensive at the winery
Very interesting visit : my best ever in a winery. Guided tour was in French tough, as only French people attended it (including myself). So your question about the quality of spoken language is probably irrelevant.
Les vins degustés ne sont vraiment pas à la hauteur de la reputation d'un chateau de tel renom. Un clementin 2012 infame, piquant, une anti-pub de pape clement. Un vin du langudoc de cepage syrah qui tape la tête, le tout sans même une olive d'accompagnement. Pas terrible pour un 1er grand cru classé. Mais la visite et les explications etaient vraiment au top.
Il aurait été agréable de visiter la verrière et les pièces habitables du château.
Plus technique et bien rodée, la visite était plaisante. Le cours de dégustation était très bien.
We ended un on a french tour bbecause ther were already booked on this but we had a text version of the tour and the guide shoke excellent english. I would have loved to buy more wine bu about travel home on a hand luggage only fare
Lors de la visite la personne nous a expliquer que le propriétaire fait très attention à la qualité de la propreté dans tous le domaine que c'est important... Nous avons prit peur de la saleté qui est sur les lustres "Murano" et sur le bar de la salle de dégustation ... En fait elle est tres sale...
with two people the set-up seemed to be understaffed on sundays
Très (trop) professionnel
Chateau was beautiful... The guide was very good and knowledgeable. Reception was a little confusing... Wines were delicious
L' excellence même à tout point de vue. Vins remarquables et accueil à la mesure d' un grand château. Merci à wine booking de nous avoir proposé la visite du Château Pape Clément.
Visite sympathique, domaine magnifique! Très bonne dégustation finale! Je recommande!
Both the guide Guillaume and the sommelier Pierre were absolutely outstanding. They made my visit very memorable. thank you
Mauvais accueil comme nous n'avons pas ete accueillis! Malgre avoir fait une reservation avec ce system online et avoir meme paye en avance,Château Pape Clement nous n'avons pas recus. J'attend toujours que Winebooking.com me rembourse.
