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    1 648
  • Producer ranking ?

    49
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now

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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 1977

Bordeaux / The 1977 vintage ended up being one of the poorest of the 1970s. Early budburst faced a damaging spring frost, reducing crop size from small to minimal. The forming crop was poorly treated by the cool and constantly wet summer. Then came the driest September in 125 years, followed by a dry October saving the vintage from total disaster. The epitome of the vintage was the poorest Mouton-Rothschild ever made. The only pleasure it can ...

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Written Notes

Tasted in April 2009. Small yields at Climens in this vintage due to frost in the spring. In the vintage context, it's successful wine on the light side, extremely charming, round and seductive. Acacia honey on the finish. Drinks nicely now

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Barsac, Bordeaux
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