Clinet 2010

Pomerol

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Tasting Notes
The 2010 Clinet has a crisp, precise bouquet that is tightly wound but extremely well focused. It would benefit from decanting of preferably more bottle age. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, impressive backbone with black fruit laced with white pepper, sage and cedar towards the persistent finish. This is a serious Pomerol with huge potential. Score: 95 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2020-2045 01 April 2020
Tasted somewhere (but I cannot remember exactly where) the Clinet 2010 has a precocious nose that soon settles in the glass: very pure dark cherry and blueberry fruit with touches of black olive and vanilla, building in intensity but remaining composed. The palate is full-bodied with ripe 'clingy' tannins that do not want to let go and yet the texture of smooth and seductive. Don’t be fooled by the first half. Those tannins kick in towards the second with a surprising dry, taut, tar-tinged finish. This is a complex Clinet that will really show its true colours after bottling. Well done Ronan! Tasted March 2011. Score: 94 - 96 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 29 April 2011
Gorgeous nose with lots of dark fruit like plum and blueberries. Crushed pepper and chalk with wild strawberries and vanilla. Dense and velvety on the palate with superbly polished tannins and great depth. It's absolutely gorgeous now but needs at least five to six years of bottle age to really shows its great quality. Score: 97 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2019+ 04 February 2013
The blend is largely dominated by 85% Merlot, with some Cabernet Sauvignon and a small amount of Cabernet Franc also included. Inky/purple-colored, the wine has an exceptionally full-bodied, layered, moderately tannic mouthfeel and impressive power. Loads of melted chocolate/fudge and black fruits galore along with some coffee bean, mocha, as well as some background oak are all present in this big, formidably endowed, masculine style of Pomerol that will take longer to shed its tannin than the 2009. I would give this wine 5-6 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 30+ years. (96+ Points) Score: 96 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2018-2048+ 01 February 2013
A spectacular success in this vintage, this blend of 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc achieved 15% natural alcohol. Sadly, there are only 3,400 cases primarily because of the small Merlot crop (yields were only 29 hectoliters per hectare). The wine’s opaque purple color is followed by an extraordinary bouquet of boysenberries, blueberries, black currants, licorice, truffles and a hint of asphalt. The wine possesses great intensity, a multidimensional mouthfeel, stunning glycerin and richness, and wonderful freshness as well as precision because of the vintage conditions. This massive Pomerol will age effortlessly for 30-35 years. Equaling what Clinet achieved in 1989 and 1990, it is the third successive great vintage for this estate. Score: 95 - 98 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011
Generously fruity on the nose. A little like blackcurrant juice. Lots of fruit on the palate too, backed up by refined but dense and dry tannins. Very dry finish. Not yet really integrated. Score: 16 - 17 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2030 10 April 2012
85%M, 3%CF, 12%CS, aged in 60% new oak from yields of 40hl/ha. Gorgeous texture and very impressive concentration. This is a massive, powerful wine. Bigger than the 2009 with an incredible IPT of 107. Score: 95 - 97 Albany Vintners, - 28 April 2011
Blackish crimson. Such ripeness it’s almost cheesy on the nose. Then very firm on the palate - verging on inkiness. A real backbone here! This wine’s two faces don’t seem to be talking to each other yet. It may get there in the end...? Score: 16 - 17 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2030 15 April 2011
Dark, rich and powerful. Good attack. Undoubted depth and reserve but I prefer the balance and charm of the '09. Bit more extraction this year? Score: 17 Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2018-2035 01 April 2011
Rich and fleshy, with a cocoa powder frame to the blueberry, raspberry and dark plum fruit. Long, with some muscle, yet stays graceful overall. Score: 92 - 95 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

Tasting Notes

The 2010 Clinet has a crisp, precise bouquet that is tightly wound but extremely well focused. It would benefit from decanting of preferably more bottle age. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, impressive backbone with black fruit laced with white pepper, sage and cedar towards the persistent finish. This is a serious Pomerol with huge potential.

Score: 95

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2020-2045 01 April 2020

Tasted somewhere (but I cannot remember exactly where) the Clinet 2010 has a precocious nose that soon settles in the glass: very pure dark cherry and blueberry fruit with touches of black olive and vanilla, building in intensity but remaining composed. The palate is full-bodied with ripe 'clingy' tannins that do not want to let go and yet the texture of smooth and seductive. Don’t be fooled by the first half. Those tannins kick in towards the second with a surprising dry, taut, tar-tinged finish. This is a complex Clinet that will really show its true colours after bottling. Well done Ronan! Tasted March 2011.

Score: 94 - 96

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 29 April 2011

Gorgeous nose with lots of dark fruit like plum and blueberries. Crushed pepper and chalk with wild strawberries and vanilla. Dense and velvety on the palate with superbly polished tannins and great depth. It's absolutely gorgeous now but needs at least five to six years of bottle age to really shows its great quality.

Score: 97

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2019+ 04 February 2013

The blend is largely dominated by 85% Merlot, with some Cabernet Sauvignon and a small amount of Cabernet Franc also included. Inky/purple-colored, the wine has an exceptionally full-bodied, layered, moderately tannic mouthfeel and impressive power. Loads of melted chocolate/fudge and black fruits galore along with some coffee bean, mocha, as well as some background oak are all present in this big, formidably endowed, masculine style of Pomerol that will take longer to shed its tannin than the 2009. I would give this wine 5-6 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 30+ years. (96+ Points)

Score: 96

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2018-2048+ 01 February 2013

A spectacular success in this vintage, this blend of 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc achieved 15% natural alcohol. Sadly, there are only 3,400 cases primarily because of the small Merlot crop (yields were only 29 hectoliters per hectare). The wine’s opaque purple color is followed by an extraordinary bouquet of boysenberries, blueberries, black currants, licorice, truffles and a hint of asphalt. The wine possesses great intensity, a multidimensional mouthfeel, stunning glycerin and richness, and wonderful freshness as well as precision because of the vintage conditions. This massive Pomerol will age effortlessly for 30-35 years. Equaling what Clinet achieved in 1989 and 1990, it is the third successive great vintage for this estate.

Score: 95 - 98

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011

Generously fruity on the nose. A little like blackcurrant juice. Lots of fruit on the palate too, backed up by refined but dense and dry tannins. Very dry finish. Not yet really integrated.

Score: 16 - 17

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2030 10 April 2012

85%M, 3%CF, 12%CS, aged in 60% new oak from yields of 40hl/ha. Gorgeous texture and very impressive concentration. This is a massive, powerful wine. Bigger than the 2009 with an incredible IPT of 107.

Score: 95 - 97

Albany Vintners, - 28 April 2011

Blackish crimson. Such ripeness it’s almost cheesy on the nose. Then very firm on the palate - verging on inkiness. A real backbone here! This wine’s two faces don’t seem to be talking to each other yet. It may get there in the end...?

Score: 16 - 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2030 15 April 2011

Dark, rich and powerful. Good attack. Undoubted depth and reserve but I prefer the balance and charm of the '09. Bit more extraction this year?

Score: 17

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2018-2035 01 April 2011

Rich and fleshy, with a cocoa powder frame to the blueberry, raspberry and dark plum fruit. Long, with some muscle, yet stays graceful overall.

Score: 92 - 95

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

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