Climens is a wine with a very strong and captivating personality. All the actions and gestures of the winegrower’s complex profession are relentlessly directed towards this objective: to rediscover each year, beyond and through the difference of the vintages, this particular grace that makes Climens so special and that so many passionate wine lovers fall in love with. “We know of no sweet wine in France with a bouquet as pure and elegant as that of Climens”. (La Revue du Vin de France – 2005) Winemaker notes After a generally hot and sunny summer, the few rains in mid-September were beneficial to the development of botrytis. Morning fog and sunshine continued their work, and then everything accelerated: within 24 hours, the grapes had reached the ‘confit’ stage, the optimum stage for concentration! The 2009 vintage will go down in history for its balance and ageing potential. 2009 Wine Advocate 97+: Pale gold, the 2009 Climens offers up a fabulously fragrant nose of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon marmalade and fallen leaves with suggestions of spice cake and preserved mandarin peel. The palate is super intense with vibrant, energetic fruit and layer upon layer of perfume and spice nuances, finishing very long and incredibly youthful. Vinous 96: The 2009 Climens is much more vibrant on the nose than the 2010 with lovely dried honey, quince, saffron and light chamomile aromas. It blossoms in the glass and gains intensity with each swirl. The palate is very well balanced with a touch of marmalade on the entry, quite tensile from start to finish with a rather long, viscous finish. This is just beginning to motor. Decanter 97: Rich and opulent, but the Barsac terroir keeps it reined in. Exotic fruit notes, baked apple and confit fruit. Pure, velvety and unctuous but with a bite of citrus zest freshness coming in behind. Wine Enthusiast 96: The superb palate boasts richness, with honey and orange zest notes. It shows fine balance between the flavors of orange jelly and the intense botrytis-driven notes. It has a light, delicate texture and acidity.
