Climens Half 2006
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Climens Half 2006
HED06102
37.5 cl
13%
£40.00
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Château Climens 2006 is a sweet wine from the Barsac appellation made entirely from Sémillon. The 2006 vintage saw a successful development of botrytis which concentrated the sugars and acids within the grapes resulting in intense honey and dried apricot flavours. Climens is unique for its iron-rich red sands which impart a vibrant acidity that prevents the high sugar content from feeling heavy. This half-bottle is at a mature stage of development where the bright primary fruit has evolved into more complex notes of beeswax and orange marmalade.
91 Vinous
The 2006 Climens has a quintessential bouquet with a very slight adhesive scent that permeates the honeyed fruit, touches of white peach and orchard fruit. The palate is well balanced with a tangy, marmalade-tinged opening. Good depth, not as complex as the 2005 or 2009 and with quite a linear finish. Fine, but comparatively conservative. Tasted at the Climens vertical at the château in April 2022. Neal Martin18th August 2022
18 Jancis Robinson
Tasted as usual from many different barrels before the final assemblage although we did taste several pre-assemblages, including two samples which differed by just 10% in terms of their ingredients and yet tasted completely different. Spooky, and partly a question oak age, but still very elucidating. 16 days and 4 stages of harvesting, 13 September – 4 October. The total harvest was less than half that of 2005 but within the average for the last 10 years. Near catastrophe when there was a violent wind storm on 5 October, causing a 36-hour power failure and they had to get an emergency generator to operate the press right through the night. To quote Bérénice Lurton. ‘We end up having a strong nervous system in Sauternes!’If Yquem was a big step above the rest, Climens was at least half a step above the rest. Very complete and dense with wonderfully smooth texture if in some cases a little lighter than some years with a distinctly green tang to some lots. Still some astringency but very fine tannins. Good concentration and good acidity too. (JR)
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