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Château Climens Premier Cru Classé 2011

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.

Regular price CHF 115.00 (75cl)
Regular price Sale price CHF 115.00 (75cl)
CHF 15.33/10cl
  • France Bordeaux
  • Sémillon
  • 15 - 30 years
  • 13.8% Vol.
Awards and reviews from professionals
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    La Revue du Vin de France
    Une belle palette aromatique, avec de la complexité et de la rigueur, des fruits confits, du safran, du tabac blond, des fruits secs. Bouche dense, profonde et riche mais sans excès, avec toujours ce tonus, signature de Climens. Grand millésime en plein épanouissement. 03/02/2022.
  • 99 100
    Anthocyanes
    Grande complexité aromatique grâce à des arômes de coing, d’épices, de fruits blancs (poire notamment) entrelacés avec des notes florales. Bouche puissante, dense, très belle liqueur dans la fraicheur et l’élégance et une finale aérienne. Tout simplement magnifique. Un grand Climens parfaitement adapté à la gastronomie grâce à une tension et une linéarité remarquables. Superbe ! 06/09/2021.
  • 97 100
    Jeb Dunnuck
    Moving to the Grand Vin, the 2011 Château Climens reveals a still youthful gold color to go with impressive marzipan, brioche, honeycomb, and sauteed peach and apricot-like fruits. With beautiful balance on the palate, it's fullbodied and has a vibrant spine of acidity followed by a clean, lengthy finish. This beautiful, complex Sauternes is going to evolve for 20-30 years or more in cold cellars. 21/12/2020.
  • 96 100
    The Wine Doctor
    From a half bottle. From Bérénice Lurton we have a wine of a polished straw-gold hue, with a light burnish. It has a simply beautiful nose, citric with notes of bright orange and lemon balm, complicated by crushed flint and grey smoke, with little seams of richness, calling to mind pastry, crème patisserie and custard apple. There follows a palate of simply divine tension and poise, carrying forward all the sweet intensity seen on the nose, but it frames it with tension and rather taut, savoury, acid and mineral-driven style. Poised and balanced, taut and driven, with exceptional persistence, a delicious drive, and depth, grain, substance and energy all combined. This is stunning, and a class apart within the appellation. Chris Kissack. 01/07/2022.
  • 95 100
    Yves Beck
    Robe jaune dore. Bouquet séduisant, invitant et complexe aux notes de fruits de la passion et de pêches. Je relève également des effluves d'amandes grillées, de nougat, de pâte de fruit et de crème brûlée. Finalement des notes de mirabelles et de menthe poivrée viennent consolider la complexité du nez. Au palais, le vin est crémeux, race et doux. Très belle symbiose entre la fraîcheur, la vigueur et la douceur. Les caractéristiques olfactives sont parfaitement reflétées en bouche et la structure acide confère la race et le soutien nécessaire pour aller dans le temps. Un vin qui a encore besoin de beaucoup de temps pour atteindre son apothéose, même s’il est déjà très tentant maintenant, les amateurs avec patience seront dûment récompensés et les autres seront contents aussi, évidemment ! 11/12/2018.
  • 94 100
    Vinous
    The 2011 Climens has a fresh, lifted, mineraldriven bouquet which has closed down a little. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, taut and fresh. A lively, tensile finish, with hints of stem ginger that linger on the aftertaste. This is drinking beautifully. Neal Martin. 18/08/2022.

Features

Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Sauternes
Wine type Sweet wine
Wine style Sweet
Designation Barsac, Sauternes AC
Grape variety Sémillon
Alcohol content 13.8% Vol.
Cellaring 15 - 30 years
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Château Climens Premier Cru Classé 2011
Regular price CHF 115.00 (75cl)
Regular price Sale price CHF 115.00 (75cl)
Colour
Colour

Beautiful golden yellow.

Nose
Nose

Beautiful aromatic complexity thanks to aromas of quince, spices and pear, intertwined with floral notes.

Palate
Palate

Powerful, dense, deep and rich on the palate, without excess, with that vitality that is the hallmark of Climens. An elegant finish, full of freshness and lightness. A great vintage!

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