Château Climens 2006

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Tasted at the Sauternes 2006 ten-year on horizontal in Bordeaux. The 2006 Climens still feels youthful on the nose, a car revving its engine but yet to release the handbrake. The palate is medium-bodied with harmonious, honeyed marmalade and quince-tinged fruit, plenty of botrytis and perhaps here, a little more advanced than the aromatics. They will catch up in time to complete the gorgeous, quite ravishing yet tensile Climens from Bérénice Lurton and her team.

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, typical and offers small sappy side. The nose reveals notes of candied fruits, honey, spices and slight notes of pear, candied orange zest and cypresses. The palate is very fresh, balanced, fine, typical and offers a beautiful area. The palate is rich and light/fine at a time. In the mouth it expresses notes of citrus, lychee and tropical fruit combined with a very light note of apple and a few small notes of dried pineapple, apricot, cypress and peppermint. There is a very slight iodine note on the finish. Good length. A wine that need to be decanted.

Gilbert & Gaillard

Rather light colour. Toffee, ginger bread on the nose, touch of citrus fruit. Concentrated and fresh palate, great length. An elegant wine, already superbly accessible.

Wine Enthusiast

Beautiful aromas of orange zest are followed by gingerbread, caramel and crème brûlée flavors. This is a beautiful, rich, smoothly dense wine with a core of botrytis, spice and vivid fresh citrus acidity.