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  • Château Climens Premier Cru Classé 2009

Château Climens Premier Cru Classé 2009

Sweet wine | Barsac, Sauternes AC

Smooth and airy sweet white, Château Climens is a subtle wine that is unlike any other. If it expresses all the quintessence of the Barsac appellation through its balance and freshness, it also has the power and sumptuousness of the greatest Sauternes. Climens is perhaps defined above all by a brilliance, a depth, conferred by its unique terroir.
CHF 125.00 (75cl)
CHF 125.00 (75cl)
CHF 16.67/10cl
  • France Bordeaux
  • Sémillon
  • 15 - 30 years
  • 14.0% Vol.
Awards and reviews from professionals
  • 99 100
    Anthocyanes
    Complexe, fruité, très frais, le bouquet de ce Climens 2009 est d’un éclat et d’une puissance éblouissants. Un peu safran avec des notes d’épices, de coing et de fruits frais. En bouche, la liqueur est bien présente et équilibrée sans perdre sa fraicheur, son côté tendu et sa puissance. Les amers sont remarquables. La minéralité est très présente. Un grand Climens qui exprime un côté Sauternes avec sa texture charnue. 06/09/2021.
  • 19 100
    Revue du Vin de France
    Même si à ce stade, la richesse du millésime gomme un peu la finesse de Climens, après une aération de plusieurs jours il retrouve toute l’énergie du terroir de Barsac. Roberto Petronio. 15/01/2019.
  • 19 100
    Bettane & Desseauve
    Un vin complet qui a réussi à préserver beaucoup de fraîcheur malgré sa liqueur imposante. Persistance remarquable, beaucoup d’unité, grande finesse. Grand vin.
  • 97 100
    Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
    Pale gold, the 2009 Climens offers up a fabulously fragrant nose of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon marmalade and fallen leaves with suggestions of spice cake and preserved mandarin peel. The palate is super intense with vibrant, energetic fruit and layer upon layer of perfume and spice nuances, finishing very long and incredibly youthful. Lisa Perrotti-Brown. 14/04/2019.
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    Decanter
    Rich and opulent, but the Barsac terroir keeps it reined in. Exotic fruit notes, baked apple and confit fruit. Pure, velvety and unctuous but with a bite of citrus zest freshness coming in behind. James Lawther.
  • 96 100
    Vinous
    The 2009 Climens is much more vibrant on the nose than the 2010 with lovely dried honey, quince, saffron and light chamomile aromas. It blossoms in the glass and gains intensity with each swirl. The palate is very well balanced with a touch of marmalade on the entry, quite tensile from start to finish with a rather long, viscous finish. This is just beginning to motor. Neal Martin. Avril 2022.

Features

Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Sauternes
Wine type Sweet wine
Wine style Sweet
Designation Barsac, Sauternes AC
Grape variety Sémillon
Alcohol content 14.0% Vol.
Cellaring 15 - 30 years
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Château Climens Premier Cru Classé 2009
CHF 125.00 (75cl)
CHF 125.00 (75cl)
Colour
Colour

Beautiful pale gold.

Nose
Nose

With aromas of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon marmalade and fallen leaves, enveloped in notes of spice cake and candied mandarin peel.

Palate
Palate

A very intense vintage, with vibrant, energetic fruity notes and spicy nuances. Very long finish and incredibly youthful.

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