Community Tasting Notes 111

• Somm David T Likes this wine: 96 points

  January 1, 2024 - I’ve been talking about doing a Sauternes and Pineapple Upside Down Cake for a decade but, couldn’t find a bakery to make one. So, I had to make one. The Sauternes is a 96. The pairing is a 10
  
  Everything about the Sauternes is married in the pineapple upside down cake. Old school meets old school. Clemens the second best Sauternes producer after D’ Yquem.
  
  At En Primeur in 2014, we spent a day in Sauternes & Barsac…eight Chateau’s and multiple vintages. We component tasted at Clemens. Great day. The highlight wasn’t D’Yquem, it was component tasting at Clemens. After eight Chateau’s, we went to Guiraud to taste 50 more Sauternes in an hour and then dinner. When we finished the 50 Sauternes, I wanted to go to the dentist for a teeth cleaning rather than have dinner I had so much RS in my mouth. Tasted nearly 2500 wines in 6 days.
  
  This note is being written the next day with leftover Pineapple Upside down cake and 2003 Clemens.
  
  This has a classic Sauternes nose of heather honey, marmalade, dry citrus and stone fruits with nuts with skin & waxy notes.
  
  The palate is super thick, lush, waxy with ripe botrytis fruits of dry; pineapple, stone fruits. Orange-tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit citrus, marmalade, honey dripping, coconut shavings, nuts with skin, candied walnuts, saline, white spice, caramel, vanillin, wet marl, soft but strong edgy chalk, molasses notes, fruit blossoms, yellow lilies & flowers, spring white florals, excellent, very round acidity, balanced, excellent structure, well woven and smartly polished finish that lasts minutes.
  
  From 750ml

• tedcholl Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 27, 2023 - Dessert wine with last weeks Thanksgiving meal. Half bottle. Paired wonderfully with a variety of pies and pastries. Honey orange peel, ginger.

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• Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 15, 2023 - Dried apricot, saffron and golden currant on the nose. Touches of fresh peach and orange blossom. Full bodied and fresh on the palate with waves of honeyed spice. Long finish with fresh and dried peach and honey. Drink now or hold.
  
  WSET Notes:
  
  Deep amber.
  
  Pronounced on the nose with golden currant, saffron, orange blossom, peach, dried apricot, honey, nutmeg and hazelnut. Developing.
  
  Pronounced and sweet on the palate. Full body, high alcohol, high acidity, long finish.
  
  Can drink now but has potential for aging.

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• tedcholl Likes this wine: 97 points

  November 10, 2023 - A beautiful Sauternes and a beautiful amber color. 100% Semillon. Honey, orange peel, apricot, ginger. So delicious!

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• dagij wrote: 95 points

  November 5, 2023 - Wow, what a wine! Still only light golden, and with brilliant streaks of green shining through. Very complex nose of pickled orange peel, citrus, honey, and that wonderful botrytis touch (somewhat bitter orange, somewhat sherry, somewhat beautiful). Medium to full bodied attack, full sweetness on the mid palate finely balanced by a searing acidity. The wine is very sweet but there is no cloying feel at all. On the contrary, the wine appears perfectly balanced between sweetness and acidity. Long complex aftertaste sitting for more than a minute. In perfect balance now, but will get better over the next decade and will live forever. As always, the most elegant Sauternes out there.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• 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 3453521130102

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• Pending Delivery 74 (2%)
• In Cellars 2,848 (74%)
• Consumed 923 (24%)

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