Château Climens 2007

Château Climens 2007 — Barsac Premier Cru Classé

This Château Climens 2007 belongs to the great modern successes of Barsac. Often referred to as the “Lord of Barsac”, Climens delivers in this vintage a masterful expression of botrytised Sémillon: aromatic purity, honeyed depth, citrus brightness, limestone freshness and remarkable persistence.

The 2007 vintage was particularly favourable for the great sweet wines of Bordeaux. At Climens, noble rot developed with exceptional precision, giving a wine that is rich, intense and beautifully balanced. The sweetness is deep yet never heavy, carried by vivid acidity, chalky minerality and a finish of rare energy.

Terroir: Barsac limestone and noble rot

Château Climens is located in Barsac, on limestone soils that give the wines their singular freshness, great precision and distinctive saline sensation. Unlike many blended Bordeaux sweet wines, Climens is made exclusively from Sémillon, a grape variety that reaches its full nobility here in great botrytis vintages.

The 2007 harvest was carried out in four successive selective pickings, from 12 September to 26 October, in order to select only grapes affected by noble rot at the ideal level of concentration. With 150.6 g/L of residual sugar, the wine offers remarkable richness, perfectly balanced by the natural tension of the Barsac terroir.

Tasting notes

Expression of the 2007 vintage

The 2007 vintage gives Climens a particularly accomplished expression: noble botrytis, natural richness, aromatic purity and Barsac freshness. Today, the wine is beginning to enter a phase of great complexity while retaining remarkable energy. It can be served now at around 10 to 12°C, yet still has a very long ageing potential.