Château Climens

Barsac 1er Cru Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1986

9.4

1986 vintage. From 375 ml's. Double decanted and tasted across five separate bottles over the course of 5 hours. Consistently excellent. Oodles of peach and tangerine along with the usual, age appropriate, honeyed/dried fruits flavors. Showing really nicely and should so for the foreseeable future. 3.14.24. — a month ago

Ira, Lyle and 11 others liked this

Cyprès de Climens

Barsac Sémillon 2012

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

8.9

Great entry level sauternes for younger drinking. — 2 years ago

Matt, Tom and 3 others liked this

Château Climens

Bérénice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes Sauvignon Blanc Sémillon 2015

Jordi Pazo

9.0

Hotel Catalonia BCN Plaza. Outlook Wine 10 Years OW10. 21,50.
30.05.19 — 5 years ago

Château Climens

Asphodele Sec Sémillon

Bonnie Chu

9.1

Vineyard brands tasting. $40 — 2 months ago

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2017

Diederick Swagemakers

9.1

Yquem 2017 ‘gesloten’ maar wel eleganter dan Climens 2015 welke meer intensiteit en power heeft, nu… — 2 years ago

Andrew, Juan and 8 others liked this

Château Climens

Sauternes-Barsac Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1990

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

One of the best aged sauternes I’ve had in a long time! Candied Orange marmalade, chanterelle, honeycomb. Delicious. — 2 years ago

Andrew, Bob and 16 others liked this

Château Raymond-Lafon

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2001

Shay A

9.3

Heck of a 3rd Friday to kick off the holidays!

This was my first time with this producer. All the typical Sauternes notes of honeyed fruits, marmalade, toasted cashews...the sweetness wasn’t as precise as Rieussec, Climens or Guiraid up front, but it had the aromatics and front, mid palate in spades. Drinking well now but clearly no rush. — 5 years ago

with Weston, Dan and 2 others

Mark, Anna and 41 others liked this

David T

@Shay A The Chateau with a flock Peacocks all over the Estate and where you tasting. Some amazing birds.

Alexander Vineyards

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2016

Shay A

9.2

Alexander Vineyards has a great selection of wines, all at great values. This is their only dessert wine, and it has been delicious every time I’ve had it.

Last bottle of mine. This is from the Barsac region. Richly colored gold in the glass. Viscous, but not overly so. If comparing to a Climens, I’d say this doesn’t have as much of the orange-honey roasted cashew type note, but lots of orange marmalade, honeyed tropical fruits and honeysuckle. This showed a more powerful core than a 2009 LaTour Blanche I had a few weeks ago (which I enjoyed how bright it was). Paired with truffle salted popcorn at the end of the night, and it was great. — a year ago

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Joshua Fisher

the grapes are from france?

Shay A

@Joshua Fisher : correct. Their tasting room is actually in the hill country (near Austin & San Antonio, TX), but none of their wine is from Texas. They work with producers (champagne, Bordeaux, Germany, Spain, etc) and then import their wines under their AV label.

Château Climens

Haut Barsac 1er Cru Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1980

Mike Beltran

9.1

Nice color and aromatics of caramel and toffee. 39 years and shows a mix of age and soft maturity. Best with a light fruit based dessert like lemon or lime based cake perhaps. Fun to share at Bourbon Steak @ Levi Stadium. — 5 years ago

Château Climens

Les Cypres de Climens Barsac Sémillon 2013

Ken Z

8.9

Drank 4/26/18 at a tasting event.

2nd wine of Climens. Nose of pineapple and honeyed apricots, with some slight volatility that blows off after a few minutes. Flavors of pineapple and some light honey, without the depth or richness of the Climens. Decent wine, but would vastly prefer the Doisy Vedrines for around the same price.

4/22/7/3/3 +50 = 89 pts. — 6 years ago

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