Château Pape Clément
Vineyard dating to the twelve hundreds, gifted to a future pope, now a classified growth estate.
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This guide to Chateau Pape Clement in Bordeaux traces a vineyard gifted in 1299 to Bertrand de Goth, the future Pope Clement the Fifth, by his own brother, and the archbishop's cellar it remained for five centuries. It follows the estate through the Revolution, its rise near the top of Bordeaux's reputation in the 1800s, and the hailstorm of June 1937 that stripped its vines bare. You'll hear about new owner Paul Montagne's replanting effort and the surprise of the 1953 classification list. Look at the rows of vines that trace back more than seven hundred years.
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