Climens - Barsac 2001

Climens - Barsac 2001The Climens 2001 has always possessed a deliriously complex and intense bouquet that is beautifully defined: dried quince and marmalade, honeycomb and antique furniture. There is an inchoate, resinous element that will surely surface over the next decade or so. This is a bouquet that demands attention and in this blind tasting, sticks out from the crowd, a sui generis. Since I last tasted it, the palate has opened up and is beginning to pump on all

The wine possesses a more roasted

Araujo’s 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard is a picture perfect example of the year

This is not a big wine in the context of a Gevrey grand cru but it's balanced and classically styled

Here the equally brooding nose is slightly more elegant with its cool and restrained nose of red currant

A nose of butter and hazelnut then introduces a palate of brioches and almond

beautiful purity

which is common among the 2012 and 2013 Bordeaux varietals in Napa

but flawless and with no edges

but impeccable winemaking and upbringing

Since I last tasted it

dazzling Cabernet Sauvignon

large-scaled effort that is not without considerable elegance for its mass and volume