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2021 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
Product: 20218010595
2021 Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

Merlot 75%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25%.

Clinet’s high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon is now a bit higher (some Merlot was removed in 2019). Ronan Laborde hopes to reach 50% Cabernet Sauvignon on his deep gravels. Unsurprisingly, Clinet tends to be more muscular, dark and brooding – particularly in recent hot vintages. But the ’21 has allowed contrasts to appear; with the ripe aromas of plum and Asian spice there are leavening notes of slate and tobacco. Enough of Clinet’s usual richer style remains, but there is also some subtlety and weave from the vintage that suits the wine very well indeed.

Drink 2028 - 2045

Our score: 17.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clinet

About this wine

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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Pomerol

Pomerol

With 150 or so producers and roughly 740 hectares of vineyards, the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations is home to myriad bijou domaines – many making little more than 1,000 cases per annum. If the topography and architecture of Pomerol are typical, the style of its wines is anything but. The best vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay extending across the raised plateau of Pomerol from the boundary of St Emilion.
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