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2019 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (80%),Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)
For laying down
Neal Martin MW
97-99/100
Product: 20198010595
2019 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

This is a top-notch Clinet. The efforts everywhere in the vines and the cellar over the past decade have been rewarded with a very fine wine that also manages to emphatically express its terroir. The colour is intense and not at all sombre, and that levity extends to the wine's aromas that combine gravel and spice with fresh blueberry. The palate is compact and serious, then lifted by a waft of creamy succulence. In the fine, long finish, the iron of Pomerol reasserts itself. Owner Ronan Laborde believes it’s one of the château’s best ever vintages. Drink 2026-2040. Blend: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 14.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Merlot (80%),Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clinet

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 97-99/100
The 2019 Clinet is just so fragrant on the nose: black and red fruit vying for attention, iris and incense, touches of truffle in the background. The purity that Ronan Laborde and his team have achieved should be applauded. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins, perfect acidity, brilliant focus and a killer sense of tension on the finish. This is a stunning Clinet, the best that I have encountered in barrel over 20 years of tasting. That creamy texture takes your breath away. Up there with the very best - a Clinet that rivets you to the spot. 2025 - 2060Neil Martin, Vinous.com (June 2020)
Drink 2025 - 2060
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Jun 2020)

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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