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White - Sweet/Dessert
1983 Château Climens
Sémillon
- France
- Bordeaux
- Sauternais
- Barsac
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Community Tasting Notes 85
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redders Likes this wine: 95 points
March 31, 2024 - Last bottle. Vibrant colour green gold. great clarity. Subtle but intense . Layers unfolding constantly. Remarkable vigour. Mid sweet with great balance. Special wine.
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ohne_musik wrote: 93 points
August 25, 2023 - Barolo Dinner (Mathilde Bistro - SF): A much better bottle than 4 years ago. Complex, bright, savory nose. Hits the tongue with vibrant acidity, showing a complex array of burnt caramel, lemon peel, coffee, toffee, grass, frangipane and vanilla bean. Has dropped a fair bit of its sweetness, and comes across as more savory than fruity. A cerebral wine. A lovely antidote to cleanse the palate of barolo tannins at the end of the night.
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aagrawal wrote: 92 points
August 25, 2023 - Barolo Dinner (Mathilde, San Francisco): Aromatic, coffee, burnt caramel, complex aromatics; palate has some significant sweetness still, complex caramel, burnt coffee notes; finish is medium-long. This has improved since my last taste, lovely Climens. 92
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rc@ughey wrote: 93 points
July 15, 2023 - I thought this was really spectacular and, surprisingly to me, every bit the equal of the 83 Yquem (perhaps superior). While the Yquem was bolder, the Climens was equally complex and perhaps more spherical in its balance. At peak and really lovely.
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liber Likes this wine: 94 points
July 14, 2023 - 23rd of 24 halves, pnp, perfect level, cork soaked and worked - old gold, nuanced, apricot element more diminished than hitherto; still fresh and ridiculously long and complex, though beginning to lose mid palate sweetness, downside, drink up in this format. F+ (18) formerly at least VF.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2018, Issue #73, Recently-Tasted Sauternes and Barsac February 2018(Château Climens (Barsac)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/28/2010 (link)(Ch Climens Barsac White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2009, Issue #23, Sauternes’ Summers of Love- Great Vintages in 2007, 2005 and 2001 Amongst an Embarrassment of Riches in the Last Few Decades(Château Climens (Barsac)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
5/13/2009 (link)(Ch Climens Barsac White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Magic and Madness: Climens 1912-2020 (Aug 2022) (link)(Climens Climens Sweet White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
11/14/2010 (link) 93 points(Château Climens) From 375 ml - medium dark orange gold color; apricot, botrytis, pear nose; lovely, maturing and poised, tart apricot, ginger, pear palate; long finish
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By Richard Jennings
1/23/2010 (link) 92 points(Château Climens) From 375 ml - light medium orange color; marmalade, sweet butter nose; mature, but with plenty of umph yet, tasty, marmalade, lemon preserve, caramelized apricot palate; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
4/26/2008 (link) 91 points(Château Climens) Bright medium orange color with red lights; brown sugar and sour cream nose; tasty, tangy, tart orange, brown sugar and blood orange palate; medium finish 91+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
9/21/2003 (link) 91 points(Château Climens) Golden color; pear, apricot nose; pear, apricot palate; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1983
- Type White - Sweet/Dessert
- Producer Château Climens
- Varietal Sémillon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Sauternais
- Appellation Barsac
- UPC Code 000004019527
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
- In Cellars 589 (68%)
- Consumed 275 (32%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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