Climens - Barsac 2001 Speyside The spectacular 1995 Syrah Eisele

The spectacular 1995 Syrah Eisele Vineyard is one of the greatest New World Syrahs I have ever tasted

with sensational flavor extraction

incense and licorice

Relatively heavy reduction renders the nose unreadable

well poised

Climens - Barsac 2001 Speyside The spectacular 1995 Syrah EiseleThe Climens 2001 has always possessed a deliriously complex and intense bouquet that is beautifully defined: dried quince and marmalade, honeycomb and antique furniture. There is an inchoate, resinous element that will surely surface over the next decade or so. This is a bouquet that demands attention and in this blind tasting, sticks out from the crowd, a sui generis. Since I last tasted it, the palate has opened up and is beginning to pump on all