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2001 Ch Climens 1er Cru Barsac - 6x75cl
07A1CLIM6PK _ 2001 - Ch Climens 1er Cru Barsac - 6x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Château Climens
  • Region Barsac
  • Grape Semillon
  • Drinking 2010 - 2045
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2001 - Ch Climens 1er Cru Barsac - 6x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Château Climens
  • Region Barsac
  • Grape Semillon
  • Drinking 2010 - 2045
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £797.15 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £132.85 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £645.00 In Bond
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  • Neal Martin, October 2014, Score: 99

    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".

  • Neal Martin, October 2014, Score: 99

    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".

  • Robert Parker, April 2003, Score: 100

    Tasted a few months prior to bottling, the 2001 appears to be one of the most remarkable Climens (and there have been many of those over the last 30 years) yet produced. The harvest started October 1, with tremendous levels of botrytis, and yields were an astonishingly low six hectoliters per hectare. As usual, the 2001 (100% Semillon) was aged for 18 months in oak casks. Its light greenish gold color is followed by a flawless bouquet of honeyed pineapples, citrus, lanolin, and floral scents. The finish lasts for well over a minute. Good acidity and tremendous extract should result in one of the most prodigious sweet wines in modern-day Bordeaux. Monumental! Anticipated maturity: 2010-2045.

Producer

Château Climens

Château Climens is one of the most sought after sweet wines in the world. Located in Barsac next to Sauternes, only 5 families have owned the Château since its inception in 1547. It was rated 1er Cru in the original Sauternes classification with other neighbouring estates such as Rieussec, Suduiraut and La Tour Blanche; however, it is generally regarded as the best of the bunch though it is slightly lesser known. In 1971, i...Read more

Château Climens is one of the most sought after sweet wines in the world. Located in Barsac next to Sauternes, only 5 families have owned the Château since its inception in 1547. It was rated 1er Cru in the original Sauternes classification with other neighbouring estates such as Rieussec, Suduiraut and La Tour Blanche; however, it is generally regarded as the best of the bunch though it is slightly lesser known. In 1971, it was bought by Lucien Lurton, and it is run by his youngest daughter Bérénice since 1992. Produced mostly from Semillon, it is known for its refined elegance, ethereal touch and notable complexity.Read less

Region

Barsac

It is not an exaggeration to say that these are the greatest sweet wines in the world. They are the result of a serendipitous marriage of grape variety, location, annual weather conditions and human care and determination. The vineyards are located on the banks of the cool spring-fed Ciron river which, in autumn, flows into the warmer tidal Garonne and creates rolling evening mists which clothe the vines until the afternoon sun burns them off the following day. This cycle creates perfect conditions for the development of botrytis cinerea or noble rot, and the resulting grape juice is a super concentrated sweet, ambrosial nectar which makes the most heavenly and complex wines with extraordinary ability to age. In 1855 the wines were classified into first and second growths, with Ch d'Yquem rightly receivingits own super status of premier grand cru. Other stunning wines include Chx Sudiraut, Rieussec, Coutet and Climens. While seductively fragrant and sweet when young, if you can bear to wait, you will be amply rewarded with lusciously rich, exotically complex wine.

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