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Wine Description
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
Early bud-break
The season started with a record. April was the mildest month of the last few years. The high temperatures of the beginning of the season brought about an early bud-break and therefore the prospect of a very early harvest.
A cool, damp growing season
However, May, June and July were cool and damp, slowing down the growing cycle. These climatic conditions also favoured outbreaks of downy mildew, a fungal disease that a...
