Château Clinet 2023

The 2023 Château Clinet boasts an aromatic expression that truly stands out! Creamy mulberry, blueberry, and vanilla ice cream aromas passionately unfold as I swirl my glass, singing a hymn of ‘red passion’. The structure of Château Clinet’s wine is always robust, but with the backdrop of its generosity and fine tannins, it drinks remarkably smoothly even at a young age. With a gentler alcohol content, even if you unabashedly floor the accelerator, its silhouette still exudes an elegance that’s hard to resist.

This is full-bodied yet tight and poised, with a pretty, pure center-palate of ripe fruit and fine, integrated tannins. Classy presence. May be better than 2022.

75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc Très élégant, le bouquet de Clinet se révèle avec complexité au travers de nuances fruitées, florales et minérales respectivement des notes de baies noires, de pivoines et de graphite. Le vin affiche de la densité et est doté de tannins suaves aux grains fins. Un vin élégant, harmonieux, invitant, bien tenu par sa structure acide et par une finale persistante. 2028-2048

Rich and layered, the 2023 Clinet wafts from the glass with aromas of dark berries, spices and licorice, framed by creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, deep and complete, with a rich chassis of powdery tannin underpinning its sweet core of fruit, it concludes with a broad, vanillin-inflected finish. As is routinely the case at this address, it's a successfully rendered Pomerol in a more modern style.