Château Clinet

Château Clinet, Pomerol, 2022

Name: Château Clinet, Pomerol
Brand: Château Clinet
Price: 490 GBP

96/100

Inside Bordeaux

94-96/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

96/100

The Wine Independent

95/100

Vinous

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all 1998 2005 2008 2009 2022 2024

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En primeur

2022
6x75cl
EP
£490.00

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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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

94-96/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon that represents the earliest harvest in this estate's history (beginning on September 6), the 2022 Clinet is a success, offering up aromas of cherries and dark berries mingled with hints of spices and a discreet patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, it's impressively vibrant, with a rich core of fruit framed by powdery tannins from judicious extraction. This has more in common with the more refined 2018 and 2019 vintages at this address than with the powerhouse 2020, and that is no mean feat in an even more extreme vintage. Bravo to Ronan Laborde and his team.

date of review 04/2023

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Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.