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Chateau Clinet2005

RED WINE

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October 2025
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Chateau Clinet label
  • Producer Chateau Clinet
  • Blend 85% Merlot
    5% Cabernet Franc
    10% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Pomerol
  • UPC N/A

Reviews

Wine Advocate 96

The opaque ruby/purple 2005 Clinet offers incredibly fragrant aromatics, an opaque ruby/purple color, and a wonderfully sweet nose of flowers, blackberries, licorice, truffle and caramel. Full-bodied, powerful and rich, it is not as nuanced or complex as the top four or five Pomerols, but close. This is a broad, meaty, masculine, super-rich and concentrated wine, with lavish plum, blackcurrants and blackberries. Drink it five years from now, and over the following 30 or more years

by RPJ, Wine Advocate , 2015

Wine Spectator 93

Exhibits subtle, complex aromas of black olive, mushroom and crushed berry. Full-bodied, with a velvety tannin structure and a decadent, ripe fruit aftertaste. Slightly earthy, but with loads of delicious fruit.

by JS, Wine Spectator , 2008

Technical Details

Winery Technical Data

CHATEAU CLINET is located at the highest point of the Pomerol Plateau on the famous Gunz gravel terrace, origin of the appellation's most prestigious crus.
A remarkable terroir of old gravel and deep clay over a subsoil of clinker.
The vines are grown with total respect for the environment, giving pride of place to tilling and grassing rather than using chemicals, placing greater confidence in the human hand than in the profitability of the machine.
The state-of-the-art installations in the cellars complement the natural assets of the appellation and the resources of the vineyard to get the very best out of the grapes and the wine.
This outstanding wine, the result of the combination of a generous terroir, a friendly climate and human foresight, is unanimously hailed as one of the most prestigious wines in the world.
Area: 8,64 HA
Average age of the vines: 45 years
Soils: Ancient gravel, deep clay, iron deposit in the subsoil
Soil maintenance: Tilling, natural grassing, barley
Ageing: 60% new oak barrels, 40% 1- wine barrel during 19 months

Vintage 2005

After a dry, harsh winter, spring temperature were more clement, frequently rising above 20C, which influenced early budding which was evenly spread in spite of the rain shortage in winter (60 mm of rainfall through December, January and February as opposed to about 250 mm in a normal year).
The growth of the vines was accelerated by a mild, humid April. May and June saw a return of severe drought conditions owing to low rainfall and temperature higher than the seasonal norm; climatic conditions which are good in that they impede the development of cryptogamic diseases, but intensify the battle against pests.
Flowering also took place in ideal conditions a good week ahead of the normal cycle.
The grapes were healthy, well-formed and of average size, facilitating green harvesting according to the quality goals of the estate.
The severe drought in the months of July and August put a strain on water resources from 15 July.
Nevertheless, the nights remained cool, and the grapes ripened to perfection.
Harvesting took place over three weeks, starting from 9 September for the young Merlot grapes, in exceptional weather, allowing the grapes to be picked parcel by parcel as they reached optimum maturity. The harvest ended on the 29 September with the Cabernets.
Fermentation lasted for 3 weeks to compensate for a lack of nitrogen in the must due to the drought so that phenols could be extracted gently without impairing the purity of the fruit.
All the signs of a major success the wines of this vintage are characterised by great depth, the presence of very silky tannins, an exceptionally aromatic intensity, good acidity and outstanding freshness. The ageing ability prospects are also very interesting.