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CHATEAU CLIMENS 1er cru classe, Sauternes-Barsac 2016 Bottle
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CHATEAU CLIMENS 1er cru classe, Sauternes-Barsac 2016 Bottle
About this wine
After Yquem, Château Climens is regarded as the region's second best wine.
Where Chateau d'Yquem is known for concentration and lusciousness, Climens strive for elegance, purity and freshness.
For those looking to discover the best of Sauternes, this wine is a must.
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Expert Review
Andrew Caillard MW
"Attractive flinty camomile grapefruit fig aromas with glacé pure honey notes The palate is beautifully concentrated, opulent yet not overly unctuous, with silky textures, sweet apricot grapefruit glacé flavours, fine chalky slinky textures and long mineral cut. Tasted in 12 parts so it takes imagination to make it a whole."
97 Points - Andrew Caillard
Expert Review
Neal Martin
"The 2016 Climens was tasted from the 12 different lots that will go into the Grand Vin, with some selected from the Deuxième Vin, Cyprès de Climens. As usual, I had to assemble them in my mind and relate commonalities, though at a négoçiant a week later I re-tasted four preprepared micro-blends. I found much elegance this year. It is not a powerful Climens in the making and even with the higher alcohol lots that reached 14.9%, you could not feel any warmth and the wines maintained the tension. Some lots displayed saline finishes, perhaps a little more than usual. Perhaps the most important factor was just how "Barsac" they all tasted. Sometimes some lots can taste more Sauternes-like in style, but not this year."
95-97 points - Neal Martin
Expert Review
Antonio Galloni
"I tasted the 2016 Climens from four separate lots identified by location, harvest dates, alcohol, residual sugar and the percentage each lot represents of the harvest. The four wines were remarkably different. The Nord was both plush and tropical-leaning, yet with notable freshness, while the Sud managed to be both deep and also light on its feet. I found the Ouest to be the most precise and aromatically lifted of the samples, while the Est was the most concentrated. A simple, impromptu blend of the four lots suggests the 2016 Climens is shaping up to be a magnificent Barsac. The interplay of the various components is quite remarkable."
93-96 points - Antonio Galloni
Expert Review
Jancis Robinson MW
"Climens is usually blended over a prolonged period of at least a year with various lots assembled painstakingly along the way. Until 2017 this has meant that tasters have to visit the chai and schedule a good hour for the barrel-by-barrel process (see What may go into Climens 2015). This year Mathieu Chadronnier of CVBG persuaded Bérénice Lurton of Climens to provide samples of the four main ingredients in Climens 2016 for their tasting at Ch Belgrave in the Médoc, thereby putting it on the itinerary for far more tasters. A much-appreciated initiative. Sample from northern parcels (picked 30 Sep and 18 Oct, 14.1% alcohol, RS 120 g/l, 16% of the crop): Liquorice and rich and round and exciting. Thick and round. Sample from the eastern parcels (picked 29 Sep and 3, 4 Oct, 14.2% alcohol, RS 131 g/l, 27% of the crop): Toasty, deep and edgy with a green streak. From the western parcels (picked 28 Sep, 4, 8 Oct, 14.4% alcohol, RS 129 g/l, 14% of the crop): A bit loose and sweet with bracing acid. Big and bold, with a firm end. From the southern plots (picked 6, 19, 20, 22 Oct, 14.2% alcohol, RS 141 g/l, 43% of the crop): Friendly, round, fresh and floral, gorgeous. Bright fruit."
18+/20 points - Jancis Robinson