Pomerol · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- The 2025 vintage in PomerolA dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.
- Limited production44 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2025 vintage in Pomerol
Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pomerol. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
« Château Clinet 2025 reveals a deep, dense and brilliant ruby color.
The nose is remarkably expressive and intensely fruit-driven, unveiling notes of wild strawberry, Morello cherry, plum, blackberry and blackcurrant.
On the palate, the texture is velvety and ample, supported by a rich aromatic framework combining ripe fruits, spices and delicate pastry nuances.
The 2025 vintage fully expresses its character: full, intense and profound. »
Ronan LABORDE, managing owner
The vintage
The growing season was marked by hot and dry conditions, with total rainfall below 700 mm, compared to a long-term average of around 900 mm. A mild, dry winter followed by a wet early spring, then an “almost summery” May leading to early flowering under optimal conditions.
An extremely hot and dry summer (11 mm of rainfall in June, 31 mm in July). Six days with daytime temperatures exceeding 40°C (104°F). August 20th marked a decisive turning point, with a welcome 35 mm of rainfall, followed by additional showers that refined the ripening process.
An extremely early harvest, a record for earliness, beginning on September 4 (Merlots from 4th to 10th September, Cabernets on 15th and 17th September). A harvest yielding small berries, the lowest yield of the past 20 years, encouraging gentle vinification.
Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 80 % Merlot
- 20 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 80 % merlot, 20 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2025 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 34 hl/haYield
- 44,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Manual sorting. Stainless steel vats, perfectly designed to house the different plots of CLINET. Vats equipped with an alveolar, adjustable thermoregulation system. Manual punching down
Ageing
60 % de barriques neuves, 40 % de barriques d’un vin pendant 16 mois
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Terroir
Autrefois rattaché aux vins de Saint-Emilion, Pomerol a su gagner seule ses lettres de noblesse depuis 1936, date à laquelle elle obtint son statut d'AOC. (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée). D'une superficie inférieure à 800 ha, c'est la plus petite des grandes régions viticoles du Bordelais. Pomerol est aussi la seule des grandes appellations de la région à n'avoir jamais connu de classement hiérarchique. Campée sur la Rive Droite de la Dordogne, le climat y est plus chaud que dans le Médoc (Rive Gauche) et le sol plus frais et humide.
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Texts and documents 2025
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