Cyprès De Climens

Château Climens

Haut Barsac 1er Cru Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1926

Burnt sugar and a rounded, fleshy palate. Dried fruit and tea notes. Some acidity still — 24 days ago

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Château Climens

Barsac 1er Cru Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1973

Alive and kicking! And beautiful at that. The balance you want and come to expect in a top notch Sauternes between sugar, alcohol, fruits.
— 8 months ago

Hyde De Villaine

Californio Hyde Vineyard Syrah 2008

Beautiful syrah that I will really have trouble identifying blindly. Ruby colour almost still purple even after 15 years, suggesting still beautiful years of ageing potential. On the nose, the bouquet is rich and intense, marked by the Bordeaux style, on a beautifully melted ageing with primary notes. The whole is rich and complex, between notes of black fruits (blackberry, blueberry, plum) tobacco ageing, chocolate, vanilla, cypress; evolved undergrowth notes and so on, it's a real taste journey!

Magnifique syrah que j’aurai vraiment du mal à identifier à l’aveugle. Robe rubis presqu’encore violine même après 15 ans, suggérant encore de belles années de potentiel de garde. Au nez le bouquet est riche et intense, marqué par le style bordelais, sur un élevage admirablement fondu aux notes primaire. L’ensemble est riche et complexe, entres notes de fruits noirs (mûre, myrtille, prune) élevage tabac, chocolat, vanille, cyprès; notes évoluées sous-bois et j’en passe, c’est un vrai voyage gustatif!
— 4 years ago

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Romain Fitoussi

Romain Fitoussi

@Ron R my pleasure sir
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@Romain Fitoussi, are you still located in France? I travel most years to my friends in Grenoble and ride Alpes d’Huez. Let me know where you are. I would love to share a bottle with you! Let’s make it happen.
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@Ron R I’m based in Paris, but I move a lot due to my job. Find me on IG ou Facebook. 🙂

Domaine Fond Cyprès

Premier Jus Red Blend 2024

Puur fruit, maceration van grenache en direct geperste .. delicaat. Heel sappig, zou zeker bij ons kunnen passen! — a month ago

Château Fond Cyprès

Retour de Milan Muscat of Alexandria 2019

Ted
9.0

Ripe bruised apples and roasted almonds. — 7 months ago

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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.
— 3 years ago

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the grapes are from france?
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@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

Asphodele Sec Sémillon 2019

Light and pretty. Very floral on the nose. White flowers. Light fruit- soft and broad. Delicate. Good — 6 months ago

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Château Climens

Petite Lily Sémillon 2022

Dry semillon, very elegant, some complexity, very enjoyable indeed. — 2 years ago

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Château Fond Cyprès

Le Carignan de la Source 2020

Ming L
9.0

Full of red fruits yet meaty and rustic. Full body. Dense and powerful on the palate with vivid acidity. Rustic mild tannins.

Though labeled as Vin de France, the juicy is from 60-year old vine of the domaine in Corbières, Languedoc. Natural wine.

Terrific stuff.
— 4 years ago

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Where do you buy this?
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@Jae Cho Had this in Paris last week. Seems there is an importer for the domaine in the US, but I could not find online availability.
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@Ming L sounds fantastic

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1976

Tasted blind. Dark gold, heavy like oil in the glass. Piercing nose full of energy. Notes of apricot, tan spice, orange, some grilled pineapple, and a little caramel. Rich and heavy in the mouth. Powerful. Guessed 83 Climens. — 4 years ago

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