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2012 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (90%),Cabernet Sauvignon (9%),Cabernet Franc (1%)
Ready, but will keep
Product: 20128010595
2012 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

This small Pomerol Château has crafted a wine which exploits the very best hallmarks of the vintage. Modern and forward in style, it offers pure black cherry, blackberry and blueberry characters alongside an attractive bramble spice. Lifted, succulent and intense, this really is silk in a glass. Fine acidity injects real energy across the palate and the tannins are very fine with the balance exceptional.

Martyn Rolph, Head of Buying, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Grape List Merlot (90%),Cabernet Sauvignon (9%),Cabernet Franc (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clinet

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Château Clinet

Château Clinet is a wine estate in Pomerol on the Right Bank of Bordeaux. It is owned and run by Ronan Laborde and his partner, Monique Bailly. Ronan took the helm here in 2004.
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