LILIUM
Dry white wine Château Climens

Like many wines from the Sauternes region, Climens has been producing a confidential 100% Semillon cuvée since 2022. Pressed without destemming, fermented with natural yeasts, and aged for eight months in glass globes, Lilium captures and blends the mineral tension of Climens' limestone terroir with the richness of Semillon, resulting in a perfectly pure (aged in glass) and fresh aromatic expression. A great dry white wine from southern Gironde is born!

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Vinous (N. Martin) : 90-92/100 "The 2024 Lilium, which is a selection of juice at the press that is aged in WineGlobes for eight months, has a light but pleasant and finely delineated bouquet with apple blossom, granite and hints of white asparagus. The palate is well balanced fresh and lively, with a brisk opening that gains a little more viscosity towards the finish, where one finds light wild peach notes. This is thoroughly enjoyable."

La Revue du Vin de France : 94/100 "From a sweet wine paragon, Climens has become a pioneer of dry Sauternes whites. At the top of its range, Lilium, aged for nine months in glass globes, arrived in 2022. The wine expresses itself with superior intensity, but with the same graceful clarity as the other cuvées, Asphodèle and Petite Lily, which, like Lilium, are made exclusively from Sémillon grapes. Subtle, its aromatic base of honey and pollen spreads into a delicious lingering finish, promising an original aromatic evolution."