Cart 1989 Chateau Climens Barsac
Average Price: $190.50 
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| Style: | Sweet Wine |
| Grape Type: | Semillon |
| Region: | Bordeaux |
About Chateau Climens
Elegance defines this sweet wine from Barsac. It's also capable of developing great complexity with bottle aging. Never fat or weighty, Climens is made from 100% Semilion and offers a particularly complex combination of citrus and pit fruits, honey and toasty oak, as well as uncan... more
Expert Reviews
Green-tinged straw color. Initially less expressive nose opened to show floral, herbal and vanillin notes as well as a pungent minerally quality. Very sweet but very suave, with fresh but perfectly integrated acidity serving to frame and intensify the superb, mineral-and-citric fruit. Can't match the '90 for pure size and power but the harmoniousness of this wine is truly striking. Very, very long and subtle on the aftertaste. A great Climens. I underrated this wine in its early days, as it was overshadowed by the more powerful, more phenolic '90.
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Average rating: 4.00 (1 ratings) 