Château Clinet
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend
Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
2011 vintage, so low expectations, but wine is stunning. Grill aggregation unfolds into violets and cypress, bacon and porcini. Timber yard resins, reishi coffee, baking chocolate, burnt parchment, gunpowder tea, and dried rose petal. Soft, black and bing cherry serrated by black blades of dark tobacco, black currant, cassis, smoldering acanthus, crisp oregano, cardamom, and tart blueberry. Color is brick, edifice is showing cracks, but architecture intact. Don’t hold. Slay and ascend.
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2011 vintage, so low expectations, but wine is stunning. Grill aggregation unfolds into violets and cypress, bacon and porcini. Timber yard resins, reishi coffee, baking chocolate, burnt parchment, gunpowder tea, and dried rose petal. Soft, black and bing cherry serrated by black blades of dark tobacco, black currant, cassis, smoldering acanthus, crisp oregano, cardamom, and tart blueberry. Color is brick, edifice is showing cracks, but architecture intact. Don’t hold. Slay and ascend.
#chateauclinet #pomerol, #rightbank #bordeaux #bordeauxrouge
Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe red/black fruit and complex spice from this mostly Merlot Right Bank blend, aged in about 75% new oak. On the palate concentrated fruit flavors of black cherry and red plums with currants, tobacco, cacao and toasty oak, powerhouse blend with smooth ripe fine tannins, well balanced. Long finish ending with fruit, oak and earthy notes. Very well done!
Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe red/black fruit and complex spice from this mostly Merlot Right Bank blend, aged in about 75% new oak. On the palate concentrated fruit flavors of black cherry and red plums with currants, tobacco, cacao and toasty oak, powerhouse blend with smooth ripe fine tannins, well balanced. Long finish ending with fruit, oak and earthy notes. Very well done!
Jan 17th, 2021
Wanted to have with Centro pizza but the power went out 🤷🏻♂️
Wanted to have with Centro pizza but the power went out 🤷🏻♂️
Sep 18th, 2020
Virtual tasting with the Wine Nerd Herd...2010 and older BDX...paired with a Lamb Burger and garlic aïoli for the  fries. Drank over three hours, ruby garnet in the glass. Has a sparkle to it. Blackberry, fine wood spice, nuances of blackberries and licorice and tangerine. Juicy fine tannins, has another 10 years ripening potential.
Virtual tasting with the Wine Nerd Herd...2010 and older BDX...paired with a Lamb Burger and garlic aïoli for the  fries. Drank over three hours, ruby garnet in the glass. Has a sparkle to it. Blackberry, fine wood spice, nuances of blackberries and licorice and tangerine. Juicy fine tannins, has another 10 years ripening potential.
Jun 15th, 2020
Great aromatics. Young. Needs time. This is a big boy.
Great aromatics. Young. Needs time. This is a big boy.
May 7th, 2020
Very push deep and sexy. A lavish nose with damson and floral notes. Big fruit with plums, dark sweet fruit and some menthol. On the palate this is lush and mouth-filling. Hints of tobacco at the edges are the only sign this is 30 years old. Powerful. Lovely stuff.
Very push deep and sexy. A lavish nose with damson and floral notes. Big fruit with plums, dark sweet fruit and some menthol. On the palate this is lush and mouth-filling. Hints of tobacco at the edges are the only sign this is 30 years old. Powerful. Lovely stuff.
Feb 10th, 2020