Sauternes: Recommendations for non-d'Yquem benchmark bottles.?

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1967, 1986, 1990 and 2001 Climens

At the end of our monthly group dinner last night, we had these four fabulous bottles of Climens. The 1990 was good, really good, but IMHO it did not quite hold up to the other three wines. The 1967 and 1986 were simply glorious. The 1967 looked like it should have been a bit over the hill. and when you first put it in you mouth you wonder if it has any fruit yet, but then while it is in your mouth (and after) the flavors start to explode and there are a lot of just marvelous older Climens fl…