Rober Parker 89 Points
"A sleeper of the vintage from proprietor Bernard Magrez, the 2002 exhibits a deep plum/purple color, a sweet nose of tobacco-infused creme de cassis fruit, espresso roast, and white chocolate, dense, medium-bodied...
Robert Parker 90 points.
"A successful wine for a Right Bank Pomerol, this is an elegant but strongly constituted, medium-bodied L’Evangile with a deep ruby/purple-tinged color, sweet blackberry, raspberry notes, with a distinctive...
Robert Parker 87 points
"Elegant and medium-bodied,with notes of herbs, smoke, red and black currants, and cedar, the evolved 2002 displays a short finish, but it is a pleasant, seductive effort to enjoy over the next 5-6 years."
Robert Parker 88 points.
"A medium-bodied, up-front, pleasant effort, the 2002 offers herbaceous notes intermixed with cherries, licorice, fruitcake, and spice box. With good concentration, soft tannin, and attractive, subtle spicy...
Robert Parker 86 points.
"A superficial, medium-weight effort, the 2002 exhibits far less sweetness and ripeness from bottle than it did from barrel. Like many 2002 right bank wines, it has dropped its fruit at an accelerated pace,...
Robert Parker 87 points.
"Made in a pretty, elegant, fruity, dark ruby-hued style, the 2002 offers notes of allspice, plums, and resin, followed by attractive medium-bodied black cherry and currant flavors. Not a big wine, it is...
"This lighter style of wine is medium-bodied with crisp acids, a cooler climate fruit profile with red currants more than black ones dominating, medium body, some noticeable tannin, and a relatively short...
Robert Parker 87-88 points.
"A potential sleeper of the vintage, and one of the finest efforts from Maucaillou in the last decade, this dark plum/ruby-colored 2002 offers sweet creme de cassis, plum, and cherry aromas, medium to...
Robert Parker 89 points.
"Complex aromatics of damp earth, dried herbs, cherries, fresh mushrooms, and currants are followed by a medium-bodied, attractively made, elegant wine. With admirable complexity and a nice finish, it should...
Robert Parker 93 points.
"An undeniable success as well as a candidate for the Graves of the vintage in 2002, the 2002 Pape Clement boasts a deep ruby/purple color in addition to notes of smoke, hot bricks, scorched earth, red and...