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The wine
- Colour
- Dolce
- Alcohol
- 14.0% vol
Critics' scores
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate 96
Pale lemon colored, the 2016 Climens has a super intense nose of lemon marmalade, candied orange peel, crystallized ginger and lime tart with touches of musk perfume and fungi. The palate is wonderfully intense and refreshing with loads of layers and an epic finish.
- Wine Spectator 93
Expressive, with peach, mirabelle plum, mango and pear fruit flavors running along in unison, lacing with light bitter almond and orange notes and a flash of honeysuckle. Best from 2022 through 2038. — JM
The producer: Château Climens
Known as the “Lord of Barsac”, Château Climens produces one of Bordeaux’s greatest sweet wines. Ranked as a First Growth since the 1855 Classification, Climens in the leading property in the Barsac commune. With an exclusive limited production, the estate is outclassed only by the abundant production of Château d’Yquem. The Lurton family has owned the property since 1971, today, Bérénice Lurton devotes all of her energy to crafting magical wines, vintage after vintage. Situated at the southern edge of the appellation, the limestone terroir lies on the highest point in Barsac, averaging in around 20 meters above-sea-level. The 31-hectare vineyard is planted to one single grape variety, Sémillon. This gives the wines outstanding aromatic complexity and freshness, despite the absence of Sauvignon Blanc. The top-wine, Climens, is a weightless pure Sémillon, perfectly balanced by its irreverence and grace making it one of the finest examples of Sauternes.