Clinet: Chateau Clinet 2016

Chateau Clinet 2016

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Merlot 90%, Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
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rød, tør
14,0% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2028–2070
Pakket ind i: 12 OHK
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voluminøs og kraftfuld
rig på tanniner
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Lobenberg: 100/100
Jeb Dunnuck: 99/100
Jane Anson: 98/100
Parker: 97/100
Decanter: 97/100
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Frankrig, Bordeaux, Pomerol
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Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Chateau Clinet 2016

100
/100

I 2016 fra 90% Merlot og 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Specialiteten i denne vinmark er de førnævnte 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Clinet er nabo til Eglise Clinet. Bedste terroir. Ler, men også grus og sand. Derfor Cabernet Sauvignon. Helt sikkert en af de dybeste og mest krydrede Pomerol-næser i år. Næsten mere kraftfuld og tæt end Evangile. Men utrolig fin. Sådan en meget koncentreret sort kirsebærsmag. Ved siden af denne fine, meget modne, søde ribs, fine søde morbær nedenunder med slåen. Tæt, sort lakrids. En kraftfuld vin, et lille monster i næsen, og alligevel ikke hård eller skør. Frem for alt ikke noget sødt eller syltetøjsagtigt, men meget fint, bare ekstremt salt fra Cabernet'en. I munden kommer den hurtige, tempofyldte, store friskhed igennem. Cabernet'en viser straks sin styrke med stor syre i rødvin og solbær. En utrolig mængde sort lakrids her. Den viser pres. Så kommer der sorte kirsebær, krydret underskov, hyldebær. Utroligt greb i denne årgang. Et greb, som nogle vine på Medoc-siden har. Minder mig et eller andet sted om Leoville Las Cases. Også Figeac i Saint Emilion, bare mere presset her. Helt sikkert den Pomerol med mest smagsdybde, og med Trotanoy, den største kraft. Med den største kraft og styrke. Selvom den slet ikke er overekstraheret, men fin og sublim. Endda lidt elegant. En overraskende kraftfuld Pomerol. En strålende vin, meget idiosynkratisk, meget stilfuld, meget sexet, meget velsmagende, meget Chateau Clinet. Den bedste nogensinde?

99
/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Chateau Clinet

Tasted on four separate occasions, the 2016 Château Clinet is another brilliant wine from this estate. Showing slightly more freshness and purity than the 2015, its saturated purple color is followed by a thrilling array of crème de cassis, graphite, ground herbs, and a terrific sense of minerality. Deep, full-bodied, with building tannins, and a magical sense of purity and elegance paired with real density and depth, it needs short term cellaring and will keep for three decades. 99/100

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/100

Jane Anson om: Chateau Clinet

Grilled sandalwood, vanilla bean, charcoal, damson and black cherry, here they get the balance exactly right between concentration and lightness of touch. Ytterly compelling, a great wine, layering brambled fruit against tighter juicy cassis and bilberry. Tannins remain grainy and slate-textured at seven years old, holding on tight, this much further to go over the next decade. I gave it 97 En primeur and this is an upscore. 65% new oak. 39hl/h yield. Ronan Laborde owner. 98/100

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/100

Parker om: Chateau Clinet

The 2016 Clinet is composed of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. It was aged using the Oxoline system, in 70% new and 30% one-year-old barrels for 16 months. It has a deep garnet-purple color with cedar and smoked meats on the nose giving way to black and red plums and earthy notions with wafts of cassis and pencil shavings. The palate is medium to full-bodied, elegant, polished and vivacious with loads of red and black fruit layers and an earthy finish. Around 4,416 cases produced. 97/100

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Decanter om: Chateau Clinet

The colour on this is deep and inky and a blast of cassis and black cherry fruit greets you on the nose. It has undeniable oak impact, but also a lovely lift that carries right through the palate, and that incredible Clinet precision. A fantastic 2016, not as exuberant as 2015 but showing the quality of the vintage where even the big-shouldered wines have a stunning lift, and a feeling of an invisible gossamer curtain holding them in place. Not a hedonist's vintage like 2009 or 2015, but cerebral in the style of 2001 and 2010. Strong coffee and grilled caramel on the finish. 97/100

Min vinmager

Clinet

På Chateau Clinet mødes de tre betingelser, der garanterer en stor vin: Gamle vinstokke, et fantastisk terroir og dedikeret arbejde i kælderen og frem for alt i den naturligt økologisk dyrkede vinmark. Gennemsnitsalderen på de 80 % Merlot- og 10 % Cabernet Sauvignon- og Cabernet Franc-vinstokke er...

Chateau Clinet 2016