I started blogging about this wine and ended up writing about the 2001 vintage which was awarded RP100. As we have noted before, Climens is one of two first growths in Barsac, the other being Coutet. Tracing its name back to the 16th century, viticulture was started in the next century with the estate producing both white and red wines. The estate was bought by the Gounouilhou in 1855 when it was classified Premier Cru, and it remained in the same family until it was bought by Lucien Lurton in 1971.
Made entirely from botrytised Semillon, the wine is noted to be better in youth, though in the great years, it has been favourably compared with Yquem. As for this wine, golden orange in colour with a sweet luscious dried apricot nose, the palate was sweet luscious and rich with notes of exotic fruit, well supported by a nice backbone of dried apricot acidity. Delicious!
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