Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2010

“98 points. Silky, sexy, sensuous and concentrated. – Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
“97-98 points. Monster wine with mega concentration” - Izak Litwar

Der var 100 Parker-point til Clinet 2009, men efter manges mening er 2010 en mindst lige så stor årgang i Bordeaux. Château Clinet 2010 byder på Pomerol i verdensklasse...  

Anmeldelser af Château Clinet Pomerol 2010

98/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
“If you are seeking a thrill ride, and Pomerol is your type of thrill, look no further. This is pure bottled decadence. The wine is silky, sexy, sensuous and concentrated. There is a beautiful purity in the fruit and a finish that could break the 50-second mark. And the wine still sells for a song for a wine at this level of quality.”

97-98/100 Izak Litwar
“Client acted as monster wine with mega concentration, extra length, perfect balance and fat fruit/tannin. Stunning complexity and depth”

97/100 James Suckling
“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.”

96+/100 Robert Parker
“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.”

96/100 Jeb Dunnuck
“The 2010 Clinet is a baby, but man, what a wine. Checking in as mostly Merlot, with small amounts of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, this deep ruby/purple-tinged beauty gives up fresh, tight aromas of blackcurrants, black cherries, damp earth and forest floor, with its background oak buffered by serious amounts of fruit. Full-bodied, concentrated and deep, yet also elegant and layered, with the freshness, purity, and structure of the vintage, it sings even today with a decant, but is best with a few more year of bottle age. It’s going to keep for 2-3 decades”

96/100 Falstaff
” Dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate brightening of the edges. Black berry fruit underlaid with fine precious wood spice, subtle nuances of blackberries and liquorice, delicate of mandarins, multi-faceted bouquet. Juicy, close-knit and sweet, fine tannins, sticks very well, has great charm and length, reliable aging potential.”

Bag om Chateau Clinet

Allerede tilbage i 1785 var der plantet vinstokke på jorden ved Château Clinet, hvilket gør slottet til en af de ældste ejendomme i Pomerol. Château Clinet blev etableret i det 19. århundrede af Arnaud-familien.

I 1980’erne var slottet ejet af en handelsmand ved navn Georges Audy og styret af hans svigersøn Jean-Michel Arcaute med Michel Rolland som konsulent. Arcaute havde en klar vision: at bringe slottet i den absolutte topklasse. Derfor begyndte han at ændre på praksisserne i vinmarken og eksperimenterede bla. med grøn høst.

I 1998 blev slottet solgt til den nuværende ejer Jean-Louis Laborde, og tingene ændrede sig endnu engang, da hans søn Ronan Laborde fik ansvaret for forvaltningen af ejendommen efter Arcautes tragiske død.  Han omplantede 20 % af markerne, reducerede brugen af nye franske fade fra 100 til 60 % og udvidede markarealet. Det er ellers en vanskelig opgave i Pomerol, hvor der er mangel på land.

De fleste af markerne er beplantet med Merlot, og til ejendommen er knyttet en speciel parcel kendt som ’’La Grand Vigne’’ med ældgamle vinstokke og det (aller)bedste terroir. Ronan Laborde, som tidligere var en succesfuld maratonløber, har nu kanaliseret al sin energi over i vin og stræber ihærdigt efter at gøre Château Clinet til et af topslottene i Bordeaux.

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