Chateau Climens 2012 Merlot the estate has benefited from

the estate has benefited from the attentions of each generation of the Castéja family

long maturity

despite the warm inaugural vintage

with limestone walls offering ideal conditions of humidity and adaptation to variations of temperature

but Dukes has been able to coax plenty from this excellent cabernet

Chateau Climens 2012 Merlot the estate has benefited from91 100 Lisa Perrotti Brown MW, The Wine Advocate Pale lemon gold colored, the 2012 Climens has a slightly evolved nose sporting honeyed nut and toast notes with a core of lemon pie, fresh hay and allspice. Big, rich and powerful in the mouth, with maturing citrus and stone fruit notions, it has a provocatively spicy finish.