CHÂTEAU CLIMENS 1996
CHÂTEAU CLIMENS 1996
CHÂTEAU CLIMENS 1996
CHÂTEAU CLIMENS 1996
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1996

CHÂTEAU CLIMENS 1996

Wine 1996 1er Cru Classé Bordeaux Barsac
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96 / 100
Cellar Tracker December - 2024
Cellar Tracker
Beautifully proportioned, there was honey, beeswax and barley sugar jazzed up with spice and an almond finish. Silky, refined and elegant it developed cream through to a sublime lingering finish. Almost restrained, a really classy act.
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98 / 100
La Revue du Vin de France January - 2011
La Revue du Vin de France
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92 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider October - 2019
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
On the orange, tangerine side of the fruit range, the wine offers a wealth of honeyed apricot, candied orange peel and floral notes, with good acidity, but it lacks the weight and complexity found in the best years.
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Vintage Wine  1996
Classification Sauternes - 1er Cru Classé
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Barsac
Colour Sweet white wine
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Climens
Château Climens
Château Climens is a 30-hectare wine estate located in Barsac, Gironde. In the Barsac AOC, it is classified as a Premier Grand Cru in the official 1855 Bordeaux classification. The 30-hectare continuous vineyard sits on red clay-sand soil over limestone. The grape variety is 100% Sémillon (one of the few single-variety vineyards in the region), with a density of 6,600 vines/ha and an average vine age of 35 years. Climens produces only sweet white wine. Climens' yields are particularly low, averaging 7 hl/ha, or even 4 hl/ha in difficult years, allowing for exceptional quality and concentration. The estate produces a second wine called Cyprès de Climens or Les Cyprès de Climens, in memory of a curious tradition: when boats paid their toll (right of passage) on the Ciron, they were given a blue cypress branch to prove payment. Outstanding vintages: 1971, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2005. Overall, the wines produced at Climens are consistently high-flying and of high quality. This is due to the high-quality production standards demanded by Bérénice Lurton and her team.
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