Clinet

Specification

Producer

Clinet

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Classification

Pomerol

Grapes

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

1990

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

CLINET901X75

About this wine

Clinet is a deep, rich Pomerol, made predominantly from Merlot with a proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. It shows ripe dark fruit, chocolate and spice, with a velvety texture over firm tannins. Approachable earlier than some Médoc wines, it nevertheless rewards ten years or more in bottle and good vintages age well for decades.

About Clinet

Château Clinet lies on the plateau of Pomerol, the gravel and clay heart of the appellation, close to L'Eglise-Clinet. It rose to prominence in the 1980s with a richer, riper style of wine, and has been owned since 1998 by the Laborde family, with Ronan Laborde now in charge.

The vineyard is planted mainly with Merlot, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Clinet is known for generous, opulent wines with considerable depth, and has become one of the most consistent names on the Pomerol plateau.