Château Clinet - Pomerol 2008 (1.5L)
Price: $229.00
| Producer | Château Clinet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pomerol |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Sku | 7757 |
| Size | 1.5L |
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. Ronan Laborde has overseen a fantastic Clinet in 2008. It has an attractive floral bouquet with cassis iodine vanilla and crushed violets with fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with a gritty entry chalky tannins but very good fruit concentration and superb delineation on the finish. Not a flashy Pomerol and with less ostentation than Clinets from the 1990s. It is a modern Pomerol one that is supremely well crafted. Tasted January 2012.
Decanter: 93 Points
Clinet is always an
Wine Spectator: 93 Points
Ripe rich and almost flashy with gorgeous spice mocha and warm raspberry ganache notes up front followed by darker fig currant graphite and black tea on the long racy finish. Accessible now this will be a real winner when it knits together fully. Best from 2013 through 2019. 2915 cases made.
Vinous: 93 Points
The 2008 Clinet has a deep garnet colour. This has plenty of fruit on the nose with ample blackberry cranberry and fresh mint; very well defined and quite opulent in the context of the growing season. The palate is fresh on the entry with fine tannin layers of blackberry and bilberry fruit laced with crushed stone; fresh and lively with a hint of peppermint towards the finish and graphite (courtesy of the Cabernet) on the aftertaste. This is drinking very well now although it has another 15 years of drinking enjoyment to give. (Tasted at the château and at BI Wine & Spirits? annual vertical tasting.) - By Neal Martin on February 2018
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