Château Climens - Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes

Château ClimensBerenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes of Château Climens is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes of the Château Climens is in the top 10 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes from the Château Climens

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes of Château Climens in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, butterscotch

On the nose the Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes of Château Climens in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, vanilla or tangerine and sometimes also flavors of orange, honey or dried apricot.

Food and wine pairings with Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes

The Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes of Château Climens matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or chicken cutlets with roquefort cheese.

Details and technical informations about Château Climens's Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes.

Winemaker
Bérénice Lurton
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscat rge de Madère

A very old variety of table grape that is now almost extinct. It can still be found in Italy, Portugal, Romania, Moldavia, ... in France, it can only be found among amateur gardeners and/or collectors. It is given as originating from Portugal, others from Romania. D.N.A. analyses carried out in 2007 allow us to confirm that it is indeed a natural intraspecific cross between the muscat à petits grains blancs and the sciaccarello or mammolo nero.

Last vintages of this wine

Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes - 2015
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes - 2011
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Berenice Lurton Papillon de Sauternes from Château Climens are 2015, 2011

Informations about the Château Climens

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Climens is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 20000 of of France wines
In the top 20 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 2000 of sweet wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Full-bodied

A rich, concentrated wine that offers consistency in the mouth.

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