This has turned into a wonderful surprise. If you’re lucky enough to taste, the nose is floral and apricot, and mouth is rich, lucscious, citrus and honey. Good to drink now, but who knows where it will go.
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5th Annual Wilson School Auction Tasting (5th Time's a Charmes): Label was a mess, cork disintegrated and fell into bottle -semi-translucent dark brown with clearing at edges -luscious rich caramel butterscotch -med acidity, bitter orange, creme brulêe crust, caramel oak -had low expectations on opening but this turned out to be spectacular, rich but not heavy and good balancing acidity, was still excellent on day 2
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Yellow-golden in colour. Super ripe apricots, a bit of honey, slightly spirity, peaches, marzipan. On the palate again notes of marzipan and almonds, apricots, caramel. Very persistent and round. A lovely bottle!
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After Loek's 2003 Bond Vecina and 2008 Corton-Charlemagne from Bonneau du Martray it was his turn to tast blind the Climens 1970. No sauternes was his guess, and in fact he should have been right. The wine has lost too much sweetness and showed his age. But than came the dessert of John Halvemaan, beautiful and soft black chocolate with slightly caramelized orange, simply but perfect, and the Climens came in a second youth and supported perfectly this dish. So for once, the wine was worth 90+ point, but to be honest, under normal conditions it is an enjoyable wine with an amazing lively colour, but recognizable at age.
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Drinking great for a 40yo. Apricots, creme brulle and honey. Great sugar/acid balance. Sweet w/o being cloying. Very easy and pleasurable to drink on its own. Five of us plowed through the 750ml.
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still very fresh, from memory a bit low amplitude but with excellent balance an breadth. Would be lovely with some cheese, nicely sweet without being at all cloying and acidity showing great integration.
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8/18/2023 - Wine Kat Likes this wine: 94 Points
This has turned into a wonderful surprise. If you’re lucky enough to taste, the nose is floral and apricot, and mouth is rich, lucscious, citrus and honey. Good to drink now, but who knows where it will go.
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5/5/2018 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
5th Annual Wilson School Auction Tasting (5th Time's a Charmes): Label was a mess, cork disintegrated and fell into bottle
-semi-translucent dark brown with clearing at edges
-luscious rich caramel butterscotch
-med acidity, bitter orange, creme brulêe crust, caramel oak
-had low expectations on opening but this turned out to be spectacular, rich but not heavy and good balancing acidity, was still excellent on day 2
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9/5/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Yellow-golden in colour. Super ripe apricots, a bit of honey, slightly spirity, peaches, marzipan. On the palate again notes of marzipan and almonds, apricots, caramel. Very persistent and round. A lovely bottle!
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4/2/2012 - FransS wrote: 85 Points
After Loek's 2003 Bond Vecina and 2008 Corton-Charlemagne from Bonneau du Martray it was
his turn to tast blind the Climens 1970. No sauternes was his guess, and in fact he should have been right.
The wine has lost too much sweetness and showed his age.
But than came the dessert of John Halvemaan, beautiful and soft black chocolate with slightly caramelized orange,
simply but perfect, and the Climens came in a second youth and supported perfectly this dish.
So for once, the wine was worth 90+ point, but to be honest, under normal conditions it is an enjoyable wine
with an amazing lively colour, but recognizable at age.
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1/1/2012 - FransS wrote: 89 Points
Classy, not plump and with a nice balance, but.. just missing the vivacity to impress.
I will retaste the wine soon.
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8/6/2010 - plitton wrote: 94 Points
Drinking great for a 40yo. Apricots, creme brulle and honey. Great sugar/acid balance. Sweet w/o being cloying. Very easy and pleasurable to drink on its own. Five of us plowed through the 750ml.
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6/30/2007 - Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 89 Points
still very fresh, from memory a bit low amplitude but with excellent balance an breadth. Would be lovely with some cheese, nicely sweet without being at all cloying and acidity showing great integration.
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11/8/2006 - futronic wrote: 88 Points
BAWE/VinoCellar Offline - Piemonte Wines (The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA): Amber in colour. Aromas of apricot, honey, white flowers, and vanilla. Medium-bodied, with honey, apricot, creme caramel, and lemon. Moderate finish, with lemon, and creme caramel notes.
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11/8/2006 - 5laton wrote:
Piemonte Wines with Futronic, BAWE and Vinocellar (The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA): Burnt orange, dried apricot, oxidized flavors of nuts and caramel. This seemed a bit corky to me, but no one else seemed to think so. Good.
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