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  • Country ranking ?

    710
  • Producer ranking ?

    15
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2040

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The Story

This noble sweet white wine, graceful and weightless, is a subtle wine that is like no other. If it is the very expression of the quintessence of this appellation with balance and freshness, it also has the strength and magnificence among the greatest Sauternes. Climens is characterized by brilliance or depth, borne only of its unique terroir.

This special grace, the result of tightness and minerality is also blessed with an extraordinary a...

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Vintage 2003

2003 was the hottest vintage ever seen in Bordeaux. The most successful châteaux have passed their exceptional 2000s and some claim to have made their greatest wines in living memory.

Very dry and extremely hot summer days and nights (16 days > 95°F compared to 2 in 2000, 6 in 2005, 4 in 2009). Need to eliminate the superscript here. I can't figure out how to do it.) The deeply colored reds, low acidities and high tannins are a departure fr...

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Tasted five times - last time in March 2010. Consistent notes. 87% of the harvest went into Grand Vin – there were very few grapes to discard. This wine has the highest level of residual sugar (9.6%) for the property in the modern time vintages. This is pure extravaganza. Not really classic wine from here but what an exotic, concentrated and special one. By the first sniff you feel the extreme concentration of tropical aromas on the nose – red sweet grapefruit, mango, sweet pineapple, honey melon, water melon, guava and candied apricot. Everything in this wine is extraordinary – richness, elegance, balance, subtlety and aftertaste. Acidity sits perfectly as fundament of this wine. Pure heaven! 40-50 years in the cellar.

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Barsac, Bordeaux
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