Devon Magee, JJ Buckley, February 2013

85% merlot, 12% cabernet sauvignon, 3% cabernet franc. A garnet core pushes straight to the rim. Lifted aromas of menthol and baking spice are backed by primary strawberry notes. The ripe red fruit leads on entry while mocha liquor notes drive a rich texture. Soft, plush, Pomerol-esque tannins add structure, though they're integrated enough to justify enjoyment in as few as two years. This is a lovely, plush, riper-styled Pomerol with all the components needed to improve over the next 30 years.

97 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, February 2013

Gorgeous nose with lots of dark fruit like plum and blueberries. Crushed pepper and chalk with wild strawberries and vanilla. Dense and velvety on the palate with superbly polished tannins and great depth. It's absolutely gorgeous now but needs at least five to six years of bottle age to really shows its great quality.

95 -97 points,

Jeff Leve, TheWineCellarInsider.com, April 2011

Clinet owner, Ronan Laborde, used what he called a classic Pomerol blend of 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc. At 14.6 % alcohol, than they achieved in 2009. Effective yields are also lower than in 2009. In fact, they are close to 25% less, which means there will be a lot less wine in the marketplace from this outstanding vintage. Opaque in color, explosive, floral, plum, black fruit, jammy berry, oak, chocolate and black raspberry scents create a beguiling perfume. This complex, spicy wine coats your palate with layers of pure, sweet, ripe plums. This is a hedonistic, sensuous style of Pomerol that blends intensity with pleasure and chocolate covered ripe fruit.

John Perry, JJ Buckley, April 2011

85% merlot, 12% cabernet sauvignon, 3% cabernet franc. Aged in 60% new oak and 40% one year old barrels. The vines average 43 years in age, planted on a mix of clay and gravel soils. Michel Rolland consults. From the first whiff, this hits you as a sensational wine, as the nose is fabulously fragrant and enticing, with gobs of black fruit that find harmony in ripeness and freshness and a streak of minerality cuts through the fruit along with lavender and vanilla. A seductively smooth entry leads to a seamless and layered wine that delivers from beginning to end. Layer upon layer of concentrated blackberry, mineral, earth and mocha flavors build on the palate while effortlessly receding on the finish. Polished tannins caress the back of the wine and round out this beautiful offering. Difficult to provide words that would do the 2010 Clinet justice, this is a powerful effort that displays terrific structure and is deftly poised and balanced. This outstanding wine could potentially be a 50 year wine. Bravo!

96 points,

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, November 2012

Tasted at the Union de Grand Cru in London. The Clinet 2010 is blessed with a compelling bouquet with ripe, succulent small dark cherries, blueberry and cassis that show outstanding control and delineation. There is a femininity here that I have not discerned on recent vintages. The palate is voluminous and complex with exuberant black fruit, cassis, black pepper and spice, the finish showing immense control and persistency. Outstanding - the kind of Pomerol fit for the finest Essex restaurant!

96 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2013

The blend is largely dominated by 85% Merlot, with some Cabernet Sauvignon and a small amount of Cabernet Franc also included. Inky/purple-colored, the wine has an exceptionally full-bodied, layered, moderately tannic mouthfeel and impressive power. Loads of melted chocolate/fudge and black fruits galore along with some coffee bean, mocha, as well as some background oak are all present in this big, formidably endowed, masculine style of Pomerol that will take longer to shed its tannin than the 2009. I would give this wine 5-6 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 30+ years. 96+

92 -94 points,

Wine Enthusiast, June 2011

New wood mint aromas give this wine its great polished feel. The tannins offer a counterpoint of richness here, firm and dense. The fruit takes a while to show through, then brings the fine plum skin flavors suffusing through the wine.

95 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2013

This showy, packed and well-endowed Pomerol pumps out notes of warm linzer torte, plum preserves and blackberry reduction, all supported by a broad, charcoal- and ganache-coated structure and deeply embedded acidity. Very muscular on the back end, this boasts a still-chewy feel. Among the most backward of the 2010 Pomerols, this requires significant cellaring. For those who enjoy more power than subtlety. Best from 2017 through 2035. -JM

About Winery

Owned by Jean Lous Laborde, Chateau Clinet is located in the heart of the Pomerol region of Bordeaux.

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