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2001 Chateau Climens - Sauternes HALF BOTTLE (375ml)
Chateau Climens
SKU 104946

2001 Chateau Climens - Sauternes HALF BOTTLE (375ml)

$150.00 - $150.00
$150.00
$150.00 - $150.00
$150.00
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The 2001 vintage is legendary in Sauternes, and Climens — the benchmark estate in Barsac — is one of its finest expressions. A century-defining wine at this point, it shows deep amber-gold color and a nose of honeyed apricot, saffron, orange marmalade, and beeswax, layered over the botrytis-driven complexity that made this vintage so celebrated. On the palate it's unctuous yet lifted, with Climens' signature racy acidity keeping the richness in check through a long, spiced finish. Drinking beautifully now with decades of life still ahead.

99 Points
"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-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Sauternes
Vintage: 2001
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 375ml
Producer: Chateau Climens
Chateau Climens

The 2001 vintage is legendary in Sauternes, and Climens — the benchmark estate in Barsac — is one of its finest expressions. A century-defining wine at this point, it shows deep amber-gold color and a nose of honeyed apricot, saffron, orange marmalade, and beeswax, layered over the botrytis-driven complexity that made this vintage so celebrated. On the palate it's unctuous yet lifted, with Climens' signature racy acidity keeping the richness in check through a long, spiced finish. Drinking beautifully now with decades of life still ahead.

99 Points
"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-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Sauternes
Vintage: 2001
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 375ml
Producer: Chateau Climens