Château Clinet, Pomerol
    Château Clinet

    Château Clinet, Pomerol, 2022

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    96/100
    The Wine Independent
    95/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      EP

      £490.00

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    Critic Reviews

    96/100
    Chris Kissack,
    The Wine Independent
    This is typically dark and brooding, as we night expect from Clinet, with perfumed black summer fruits, liquorice and blackberry laced with coffee bean, rose petal, tar and crushed chalk. The palate shows the rich and broad texture that seems to typify the vintage, combined with the dark intensity of the Clinet fruit, all supported by a rich bed of ripe, polished and finely powdered tannins. This hangs together very well, in a broad, bold, and lightly peppered style. This is a very impressive Pomerol which seems well set up for the cellar. Give it a decade and probably a little longer than that before pulling the cork.
    drinking window 2032 - 2060
    date of review 06/2025
    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Clinet stands out for having Cabernet Sauvignon as its second grape variety in the blend, not Cabernet Franc, and as ever with this wine, you can expect creamy dark fruits, bilberry and damson, well integrated oak even at this early stage, with a kick of rosemar,; sage, cloves, underbrush, liquorice, cocoa bean, espresso, briar, hedgerow, smoked caramel, great stuff. Ronan Laborde owner, 34hl/h, vinified in stainless steel, aged in oak.
    drinking window 2029 - 2044
    date of review 03/2025
    95/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Clinet is a little more immediate than its showing from barrel when it needed more time to open. This offers well-defined and focused scents of black cherry, potpourri, oyster shell and tobacco. The palate is well balanced with a slightly savory opening thanks to the Cabernet components, with touches of graphite filtering through the dark chocolate-tinged dark berry fruit laced with a hint of mocha. This has fine length and is certainly fresh. It may need just three or four years in bottle and then will drink well for many more.
    drinking window 2028 - 2050
    date of review 02/2025

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pomerol
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet Franc
    abv:
    13.5%

    allergen information

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