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9.0

Chateau Clinet
By Clinet Pomerol 2020, Bordeaux, France

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Dark ruby/ purple in color with a reddish rim.

Light nose and medium in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing raspberries, cherries, plums, currants, light wood, earth, spices, coffee, herbs, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 6 year old Merlot from Pomerol is drinking very nicely now. Elegant, fruit forward and nicely balanced.

A good quality wine. Easy drinking with a nice mouthfeel.

Good by itself as a sipping wine, or with food.

A blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 12 months in used French oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$40. — 14 days ago

Evelyn Frison

9.4

Fuque de Nenin? More like F*ck Ye de Nenin. — 18 days ago

Fabio Franchella

9.2

Superintense in the nose. Torf, rauch, speckig, teerig, leichtenzedernote, viel rückaromen. Nir och dezente dunkelkirschige frucht — a month ago

with Zollinger

Tom Garland

9.4

First meeting of monthly wine group and everyone came to play.

Nose: areomatics draw you in with ripe dark fruit, floral, forest floor, truffles. Taste: Elegant, silky, balanced wine with cherry, smoke, toast, earth, and a medium plus plum/cedar/chocolate finish. YUM!! — 13 days ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

Beautiful wine that I have never tried before. Still very lively for being 31 years old with a strong tannic backbone. Drunk blind I was convinced this was a Barolo 🤦...didnt cover myself in glory with that guess! Served with steak, bernaise and french fries — 22 days ago

Kevin Arndt

Specialist Grand Vin Colorado

9.3

Awfully good now. Still could go another 5-10 years. — a month ago

Tom Garland

9.4

First wine of 2026 and had to open something fun.

Double decant for sediment and pour. A wondrous deep garnet with some bricking. On the nose: Expressive nose captivates with some perfumed red fruit, stewed meat, mint, wet earth, vanilla toast. Taste: Elegant, seamless, balanced wine with red plum, graphite, green bell pepper, cinnamon, tobacco, and a long mocha dark chocolate finish. YUM!! — 21 days ago

with Brenda

Richard Adams

9.3

Very nice balance and in it’s perfect window at age 17. Red fruits punctuated with loamy earth tones, nice acidity and a long finish. — 4 days ago

Jol

9.2

Juste 20 ans Très valable au nez et en longueur — 21 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This had a polished, elegant mouthfeel showing red, black fruits, plum, graphite, mocha, spice with floral & tobacco notes. — a month ago