Château CLINET 2020

Description

Yves Beck 97-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
Pourpre violacé dense. Beaucoup de fraîcheur, de minéralité. Notes fruitées et florales avec des parfums de myrtilles, de pivoine et une touche de verveine. Ce sont le charme et l’aromatique qui marque le palais, dès l’attaque. Que de richesse et de tension grâce à des tannins compacts, précis et une structure acide vive. Les tannins sont veloutés et confèrent une touche crémeuse à l’ensemble du palais, tandis que la structure acide soutient la fraîcheur et la tension, jusqu’en finale. Un très grand Clinet qui brille par son élégance, sa force tranquille et sa persistance. Quelle grande réussite !  2025-2050

Lisa Perrotti-Brown 96-98 points www.robertparker.com
The 2020 Clinet (a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon) has an opaque purple-black color, needing a little coaxing to unleash bold, powerful notes of plum preserves, blueberry compote and black raspberries, followed by suggestions of cracked black pepper, menthol, cedar chest and rose oil with a hint of licorice. The big, rich, full-bodied palate is a powerhouse, bursting with impactful black and blue fruit preserves flavors, supported by ripe, rounded tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and fantastically perfumed.

Neal Martin 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2020 Clinet was picked September 14–17 for the Merlot and September 24 for the Cabernet Sauvignon, at 38hl/ha, and matured in 80% new oak. Its 15.0° alcohol is the highest ever. The bravura nose delivers copious black cherries, blueberry and violet aromas that explode from the glass. This is a Pomerol that really wants to make an impression. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins, hints of chocolate chip infusing the mixture of black and blueberry fruit. Lavish and satiny in texture toward the long finish. This is a bold and extravagant Clinet that I hope will just find a little refinement and more terroir expression during its élevage. If it does, it should land at the top of my banded score.

Jean-Marc Quarin 93 points www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez intense, fin, au fruité pur et mûr. Minutieux en entrée de bouche, soyeux au milieu, très parfumé, le vin caresse le palais, gracieux, sur une puissance normale et une finale sans angle. Bonne longueur. Assemblage : 80 % merlot, 20 % cabernet sauvignon. Degré d’alcool : 15° – pH : 3,70. Rendement : 43 hl/ha. Production : 88 % de la récolte

Jane Anson 95 points  www.decanter.com (at Primeur week tastings in Bordeaux, 01 May 2021)
Deep cherry damson red in colour, clear depth. Touches of kicking spice right from the start, I like the surprise of the battle between richness and bitterness. It feels like a heavy blanket of fruit which is burrowing down but then kicks off to let the air in alongside velvet stroking tannins, very Pomerol with coffee and chocolate. Feels confident and powerful, good stuff, if broad shouldered. A yield of 38 hl/ha. Will see at least 16 months in barrel. Tasted twice, also at Pomeol Seduction; and this is a big, seductive wine. Drinking Window 2029 – 2044