Château Clinet - Pomerol 2018

Yvesbeck.wine

94 / 100

par Yves Beck le 26/01/2021

Beaucoup d'élégance et de fraicheur dans le bouquet de Clinet 2018. Le vin sait concilier le charme du millésime et la fraîcheur du terroir avec des parfums de baies rouges et pruneaux. En bouche le vin est racé et juteux. Les tannins sont compacts, serrés, tandis que la structure a du tempérament. Il faudra un peu laisser du temps à ce vin qui a de quoi aller dans le temps. Finale persistante.

Jamessuckling.com

96 / 100

par James Suckling le 19/01/2021

Blackberries and blueberries with subtle black chocolate and violets on the nose, following to a full-bodied palate with polished, creamy tannins. Beautiful balance and really refined texture. Drink after 2024, but already so gorgeous.

Decanter.com

97 / 100

par Jane Anson le 12/01/2021

Vinous

93-95 / 100

par Neal Martin le 15/11/2019

The 2018 Clinet was picked from 19 September until 5 October at 45hL/ha before selection and 38hL/ha projected for the Grand Vin. It has a sumptuous and very pure bouquet with perfumed black cherry, iodine and crushed violet aromas, although it remains controlled and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, quite a muscular Clinet in the making with good backbone, layers of black fruit laced with clove, white pepper and truffle. This is nicely detailed on the finish. The 2018 should grow up into a very fine Clinet.

WeinWisser

18 / 20

le 07/05/2019

Bettane & Desseauve

96 / 100

par Bettane & Desseauve le 03/05/2019

Le plus grand clinet de l’histoire, avec une attaque satinée, un centre de bouche dense et soyeux bien fourni. Cela n’exclut pas l’élégance, la fraîcheur et une envolée finale florale irrésistible. Un des coups de cœur de l’année à Pomerol.

Vinifera

93 /

par Jacques Perrin le 01/05/2019

Le nez est élégant, doté d'une belle profondeur. Très belle entrée en bouche, crémeuse, veloutée. Evolution sur un corps shérique, chatoyant. La finale demeure toutefois linéaire. 

The Wine Cellar Insider

97-99 / 100

par Jeff Leve le 23/04/2019

Sensual, luscious and sexy, this is bottled decadence. The wine takes pure plums drenches them in velvet and drizzles them with roses, dark chocolate, licorice, espresso and truffle. The wine is full bodied, concentrated, powerful and lush. Produced from blending 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and hitting 14.75% alcohol, the wine is aging in 75% new, French oak barrels. The harvest took place September 19 to October 5.

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 23/04/2019

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Clinet begins a little coy and then, with coaxing, opens out to vibrant black cherries, kirsch, baked plums and cinnamon stick scents with hints of cloves and anise plus earthy truffles and fungi wafts. Full-bodied and chock-full of bright, energetic fruit, it has a firm, finely grained structure and long, fragrant finish. The blend is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aging is anticipated to last for 16 months in French oak barriques, 75% new.

Wine Enthusiast

94-96 / 100

par Roger Voss le 17/04/2019

A perfumed wine with fine tannins, this is packed with a blackberry flavor and finishes with intense acidity. All the elements are in place for a wine that will reveal great elegance as it develops.

Jamessuckling.com

95-96 / 100

par James Suckling le 12/04/2019

This is a young red that really grows on the palate with so much dark fruit and firm yet luscious tannins. Full-bodied, it grows and grows on the palate. Extremely long and vivid. Solid as a rock. 15 per cent cabernet sauvignon, the rest merlot.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

95 / 100

par Jean-Marc Quarin le 08/04/2019

Decanter.com

97 / 100

par Jane Anson le 01/04/2019

One of the star Pomerol names showing us how it’s done in 2018. This wine absolutely stands out, being beautifully vibrant and very polished, where you feel the individual strands of flavour and know it’s clearly going to age. Here you get licks of salted rosemary sprigs right on the nose followed by a silkiness and round mouthfeel that speaks to the alcohol but you certainly don't feel it. It’s well judged, very Pomerol, and on the dark side of the fruit scale, perhaps because this is Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, not Cabernet Franc. I found Clinet a little difficult to approach in 2017, giving it a highly recommended but at the low end of the scale, but here it is roaring back to form.
Drinking Window 2027 - 2044