Bordeaux's 'magnificent' lost vintage pushes small growers to the edge
February 10, 2018 by Alexandra Lesieur
Surveying a nearly empty cellar, Frederic Nivelle of Bordeaux's prestigious Chateau Climens, reflects on what might have been an outstanding year for the sweet white Sauternes wine.
"We have nine batches which are satisfactory but not enough to produce a Climens," Nivelle says of the 2017 harvest.
"It's a shame, it had a nice potential."
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