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Familien Audy, som var de tidligere ejere af Château Clinet, igangsatte et større arbejde for at løfte vinens kvalitet. Den verdensberømte ønolog Michel Rolland blev ansat som konsulent, og et større arbejde i markerne blev igangsat. I 1998 valgte familien imidlertid at sælge Château Clinet til Jean-Louise Laborde, der i forvejen drev to ejendomme i Tokaj. Han fortsatte arbejdet med at renovere vinmarkerne, og en ny kælder stod færdig i 2004. I den nye kælder bruges tyngdekræften til at flytte mosten rundt i produktionsprocessen for at undgå iltning.
Clinets marker ligger på det højeste plateau i Pomerol, som er meget stenet og gruset. Det er ikke klassisk for Pomerol, men nærmere at sammenligne med undergrunden i Médoc.
Af de næste 9 hektar produceres årligt omkring 40.000 flasker. Château Clinet er i de senere år blevet en af de mest efterspurgte vine i den årlige ”en primeur handel”.
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BEPLANTNING
87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignont og 3% Cabernet Franc
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AREAL
8,64 hektar
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SLOTTETS ANDEN VIN
Fleur de Clinet
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EJER
Familien Laborde
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Dense purple-hued, the 2025 Château Clinet is a ripe, sumptuous, and seamless beauty with so much to love. Ripe red, blue, and black fruits, violets, smoky tobacco, and chocolate all shine on the nose, and it's full-bodied on the palate, with a pure, layered, graceful mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. It shows just how successful the more clay-dominant soils of Pomerol were in this vintage, and it's unquestionably up with the crème de la crème of the vintage.
Deep in color, the wine exudes aromas of licorice, flowers, black cherries, espresso, plums, herbs, and chocolate with a single swirl. The palate is even better, with waves of opulent, lush, soft, polished, expressive, and fresh fruit. The balance among depth, sweetness, flesh, and lift is exactly where it needs to be. The finish is defined by the intensity of the vibrant fruit on the palate, depth of flavor, and purity. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% ABV, 3.65 pH. Harvesting took place September 4 September 17. This is the earliest harvest in the history of the estate. Yields were 34 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2029-2060.
The 2025 Clinet was the earliest picking ever, from September 4, and aged in 60% new oak plus 40% one-year-old barrels. Vintages now have a little more Cabernet Sauvignon, as a hectare of Merlot was uprooted. Now this has a delightful nose, perhaps the most elegant and refined that I have encountered at this stage: vivid red cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry scents, neatly embroidered oak, more floral in style. The palate is medium-bodied with chiselled, fine tannins, bright and tensile, exquisite focus, with a peacock's tail on the finish. Quite crystalline on the finish, this is a Clinet that I would like in my cellar. Or at the dinner table. Or in my glass.