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  • Country ranking ?

    1 402
  • Producer ranking ?

    39
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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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 1996

1996 presents itself as a “classic” Bordeaux year, although – as Jancis Robinson MW wrote – not in the “lean” sense; Although Farr Vintners director Tom Hudson told the drinks industry it may have been a "very good" rather than "really great" year as it was not uniformly excellent across the region .

As a reminder, 1996 was a particularly promising vintage for Médoc wines. The Berry Bros & Rudd website boasts: “This is one of the great post...

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Tasted in April 2009. Incredibly classy and sublime wine – a lot of finesse and refinement. Acacia flower and honey intermixed with peach and apricot. Perfectly balanced and well-structured. Long and beautiful finish with flower honey flavour. Will last for another 15-20 years.

  • 95p

Very complex but reserved nose combines deep notes of marzipan and coconut with a lively fruit salad and floral brightness. Thick and rich; this is downright voluptuous for Barsac. But, tasted next to a representative sample of the '97, this showed a bit less grip. Very strong, oak-spicy finish.

  • 92p

16 Punkte. Gaumen: Viel Laktat, bittere Reflexe, nasser Karton, sehr wenig Frucht und Komplexität. Ziemlich viel Säure mit Aromen von Zirtrusfrüchten. Entweder in der Verschlussphase oder schlicht und einfach nicht was man erwartet hat. 2008: 15 Punkte. Viel Laktat und relativ wenig Süsse. Etwas feuchte Wellpappe. Minimale Zitrusnote. Wirkt verwässert und hat lediglich etwas Vanille im Ansatz. Der Wein hate keinen Kork, aber er schmeckt irgendwie so wie wenn er einen hätte....

  • 83p
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Barsac, Bordeaux
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