2008 Clinet Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JJB 95 JL 94 NM 94 WA 94 DC 93 WS 93 WE 91
JJB 95

, February 2011

85% merlot 12% of cabernet sauvignon and 3% cabernet franc. The cab sauv really adds an extra dimension to this wonderful Pomerol grown on soil made of gravel sand and clay. Ripe red fruits blend well with pepper leather...
JL 94

TheWineCellarInsider.com, February 2023

Fresh, chewy, savory-styled Pomerol with chocolate, herbs, and peppery spices that ride along with all the layers of ripe, round, dark plums and black cherries and a touch of salt in the chewy finish. This is a bit on the...
NM 94

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, May 2012

Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. Ronan Laborde has overseen a fantastic Clinet in 2008. It has an attractive floral bouquet with cassis, iodine, vanilla and crushed violets with fine delineation. The...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, May 2011

Another resounding success for the vintage the opaque purple-colored 2008 Clinet (14.4% alcohol) is composed of 85% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Yields of 38 hectoliters per hectare while higher...
DC 93

Decanter, January 2018

Clinet is always an enjoyable wine to taste, and at 10 years old it is starting to approach its perfect moment, particularly in this relatively early-drinking vintage. You are not going to be disappointed, it has polish...
WS 93

Wine Spectator, December 2010

Ripe rich and almost flashy with gorgeous spice mocha and warm raspberry ganache notes up front followed by darker fig currant graphite and black tea on the long racy finish. Accessible now this will be a real winner when...
WE 91

Wine Enthusiast, April 2011

Dark-colored wine with smoky bitter chocolate flavors: cocoa plus spice and jammy black plums. It's powerful densely textured finishing with good acidity. R.V.

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type
Red
Varietal
Bordeaux Blend
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Vintage
2008
Size
750ML
Percent alcohol
13.90%
Closure
Cork

The vinification process for Chateau Clinet aims to maintain the freshness, finesse and character. Harvesting is always carried out manually, and following meticulous selection, gravity delivers the grapes to the vats. The cellar layout allows good traceability from the vineyard to the end of the aging period. The production of a well-defined parcel can be followed in each vat, then each barrel.

On average, fermentation and maceration lasts for one month, whereupon the wine is transferred into barrels. ‘Free run’ wines are separated from ‘pressed’ wines, and then aged separately. The wine is aged in French oak barrels. around 60 percent new with the remaining being one-year old.