2003 Climens Barsac Sauternes

90 pts - Wine Advocate

["Ex-chateau bottle tasted blind in Sauternes. The Climens ’03 has always been a capricious Barsac: brilliant out of barrel but found wanting under vertical conditions. Here, amidst a blind horizontal, it fell somewhere between the two! This bottle offers

96 pts - Wine Spectator

["Loads of honey, maple syrup, dried apricot and spice. Full-bodied, medium-sweet, with a refined, spicy character. Pretty wine. Masses of botrytis. This is refined and long, a racy wine compared with the power and muscle of so many others. Beauty among t

92 pts - Vinous

["Medium yellow. Reticent, spicy nose opens slowly to reveal apricot, orange and caramel. Fat, silky and sweet, with the sheer concentration to support its substantial alcohol. Quite unctuous for Climens, with an almost confectionery quality to the fruit.

Producer: Climens
Vintage: 2003
Varietal: Sauternes
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Sauternes
Appellation: Barsac
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