Chateau Pape Clement Bordeaux Wine Tasting with Special Guest Antoine Dalis

"This is very old wine. I hope you will like it."

Count Dracula in Dracula (1931)

We love to taste very old wines for scientific evaluation but most people like to drink young wines.   Great vintages of great Bordeaux sometimes need 20-30 years to be drinking at their peak.  You have to have a good imagination what they will be like when they are fully mature and nothing we have on the table tonight is fully mature but we have some great vintages like 2015, 2016 and some older wines like the 2008 and 2009 (2009 had 20 wines that scored 100 points in the Wine Advocate making it the greatest vintage in Bordeaux history according the publication that Robert Parker JR. founded)

Bernard Margrez is one of the top names in Bordeaux today and he is 1936 vintage, so an icon in the wine business turning 90 years old this year.  Bernard has aged like a fine wine getting better and better every year at producing some of Bordeaux’s top wines from both the left and the right bank.  We have an incredible selection of his wines on the table tonight with 10 wines in all.  The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $295 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. 

Chateau Pape Clement Bordeaux Wine Tasting

With Special Guest Antoine Dalis Sales Manager for the USA

Saturday, October 24^th

7:30pm

2020 Le Clementin du Chateau Pape Clement Blanc Pessac-Leognan

2019 Chateau Pape Clement Blanc, Pessac-Leognan

2022 Chateau Pape Clement Blanc, Pessac-Leognan

2008 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2009 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2015 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2016 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2018 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2020 Château Pape Clément Rouge Pessac-Leognan

2018 Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey Sauternes

Menu

Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie

French Onion Soup

Duck Confit with Pomme Frites

Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $295 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food allergies of aversions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.

A bit about Chateau Pape Clement and Bernard Magrez

"Bernard Magrez's career has been marked by passion, a constant desire to improve, know-how and exceptional success, with its roots first in Bordeaux ( Grands Crus Classés) and then in other prestigious terroirs in France and around the world.

Bernard Magrez was born in Bordeaux in 1936. From a rather rigid upbringing, he drew his first life lessons. But between enduring them and assimilating them, the choice was clear: in the midst of turmoil, an uncommon inner strength would take root.

At the age of 13, he was sent to an apprenticeship center for 3 years, where he obtained a CAP in wood sawing, his only diploma. It was there that he met François Pinault.

At 19, perfectly self-taught, he joined the Cordier group, a major Bordeaux wine house, which he left at 21.It was there that he discovered all the ins and outs of the business.

The year is 1961. Bernard Magrez is 25 years old, and his ambition is an anchor in the infinite possibilities. He travels to the United States, where he discovers an unprecedented sales model: the hypermarket.

Back in France, he set up his own company, William Pitters, dedicated, among other things, to whisky and port. The latter was sold in the country's very first Carrefour store, becoming the second most popular brand in France.

At the time, the company had annual sales of €12,000 and sold 14,000 bottles of Port, which it received in barrels from Portugal.

It was only with a real desire to win that we moved forward without faltering.

"Never Give Up

William Peel Scotch Whisky became the undisputed leader in France, the world's biggest Scotch Whisky consumer.

It also takes the lead in the tequila market in France, with over 60% market share, and in the ready-made cocktail market. Gradually, its range of spirits expanded, until it fully conquered the market. The time has come to look even further ahead.

Bernard Magrez has never stopped evolving, renewing and diversifying, always on the alert, focused on the horizon, already ready for the next step.

But this fury for building might never have been expressed without a key moment in his life: forty years ago, he fell into wine as one falls into love.

He creates Malesan wines wines in Bordeaux, which became the market leader.

The 80s. Bernard Magrez began his rise to fame with the acquisition of his first Cru Classé,the one that remains the icon of the Maison Bernard Magrez to this day: Château Pape Clément.

This was followed in 1999 by Château Fombrauge, Grand Cru Classé de Saint-Émilion since 2012.

Then Château La Tour Carnet in 2000, Grand Cru Classé in 1855, Haut-Médoc.

In 2011, Bernard Magrez, as a patron of the arts, created the Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez. A cultural institution dedicated to contemporary art. A bridge between tradition and innovation, enabling everyone to enjoy a unique experience.

In 2012, Bernard Magrez acquired Clos Haut-Peraguey, Premier Grand Cru Classé de Sauternes.

A four-stage masterstroke that made himunique owner of four prestigious estates at once. That same year, he became "The Man with 40 Châteaux".

Bernard Magrez - The man with 40 Châteaux

Times are changing. Bernard Magrez adopts the codes, and the margins, of the luxury industry.

As passionate as ever, Bernard Magrez strives for excellence in everything he does, constantly innovating.

Bernard Magrez creates La Grande Maison in Bordeaux, a 5-star hotel with 6 luxury rooms and 2 Michelin stars. First with his friend Joël Robuchon and then with Pierre Gagnaire in 2018. This restaurant had the distinction of boasting a wine list with 259 Bordeaux Crus Classés, including 172 Grands Crus Classés. The establishment has since closed in 2020, following the Covid-19 pandemic.