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2001 Climens, Barsac (375ml)

2001 Climens, Barsac (375ml)

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 10/2014

The Climens 2001 has always possessed a deliriously complex and intense bouquet that is beautifully defined: dried quince and marmalade, honeycomb and antique furniture. There is an inchoate, resinous element that will surely surface over the next decade or so. This is a bouquet that demands attention and in this blind tasting, sticks out from the crowd, a sui generis. Since I last tasted it, the palate has opened up and is beginning to pump on all cylinders. It is wonderfully balanced with fabulous intensity and a long, citrus-tinged finish that is utterly beguiling. As Kate Bush once sang: 'Wow.' (NM)

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Jane Anson

Review Date: 09/2021
2001 is an incredible vintage in Sauternes, and one of my tasting highlights of the year was a full horizontal of wines from Sauternes and Barsac at the 20 year window. I tasted this Climens both at the time (in February), and again later in the year. It's a standout wine, with savoury dried herbs and saffron strands alongside still-juicy nectarine and fleshy white peach fruits, all kicked up a gear with freshly-grated ginger and lime zest. The whole thing is mouthwateringly tender and utterly moreish.

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Wine Spectator

Review Date: 09/2004
Loads of orange peel and dried apricots on the nose here. Full-bodied, with a wild and exciting palate. Sweet yet racy. Electrifying. Great class and elegance. One of the best Climens I have tasted. (JS)

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Decanter

Review Date: 04/2021
Medium gold. Resplendent honeyed nose with apricot and peach aromas but no trace of evolution. The attack is lean and intense, still very tight and highly concentrated, while the palate is driven by brilliant but ripe acidity. There’s delectable apricot fruit, while the wine as a whole is effortlessly pure and elegant, with impeccable balance. Very long. (SB)
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Notes

100 points Robert Parker: "A prodigious offering, the 2001 Climens’ light medium bold color with a greenish hue is followed by ethereal aromas of tropical fruits (primarily pineapple), honeysuckle, and flowers. It is a medium-bodied wine of monumental richness, extraordinary precision/delineation, great purity, and moderate sweetness. The finish seemingly lasts forever. This monumental effort is the stuff of legends. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2040+." (Wine Advocate, 06/2004)

Product Details

Origin: Sauternes, Bordeaux, France

Type/Varietal: Semillon

SKU: #1013343