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  • Country ranking ?

    518
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    small crushed potatoes & oil of white truffles and fresh truffles

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The Story

Château CLINET is one of the most prestigious estates of the Pomerol wine region, set amongst the finest parcels of this well-known plateau. Located 40km to the east of Bordeaux, on the right bank of the Garonne River, its gravelly clay soil makes Pomerol the terroir of the finest Merlots in the world. The natural resources required to produce the exceptional quality of our grapes, simply cannot be reproduced anywhere else on earth.

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Wine Information

2016 VINTAGE OF CHATEAU CLINET

The winter was mild and (very) wet*, followed by a fresh and rainy summer, which stretched into mid-June. Nevertheless, flowering took place in the first few days of June, during a period of beautiful, dry weather.

These restrictive conditions, associated with some extremes of temperature (cold nights, hot days), contributed to the exceptional potential for polyphenol extraction and to the good overall bala...

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Vintage 2016

Bordeaux 2016 in review “A paradox”

by Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st century. I haven't been this excited about the prospects of wines this young since the remarkable 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time, China was at the zenith of its extraordinary rise of fine wines where the highest estates, particularly Château Lafite , had become a backwater currency. Each man a...

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Written Notes

2016 - very focused and precise, very aromatic, deep and long, elegant, sensual and seductive, complete. Covered by cashmere. 95-96p.

  • 96p

Deep colour, Ripe pure dark plums cassis aromas with musky violet notes and underlying bisquity oak. Well concentrated with dark plums, cassis flavours, cedar oak complexity, ripe plentiful touch soupy tannins. Finishes oak firm and long.  Should all integrate in time. Tasted at the Union des Grand Crus. 92 points         

  • 92p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Opulent and concentrated nose with excellent fruit, slightly flowery character with hints of violets, hints of liquorice and peppery spiciness in the background. On the palate well structured with sweet fruit, mild spices, ripe tannins and excellent length. 97

  • 97p

Ruby. Blueberries, scented, fruity, dark berries, some spices, nuanced nose, even if tight at this stage. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, dark berries, spices, detailed, elegant and nuanced, playful, long, one stunning and pure Clinet. 96-98

  • 97p
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Best buy

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

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