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Château Clinet — Pomerol
Pomerol · France

Château Clinet

Vineyard blend
  • 80 % Merlot
  • 20 % Cabernet Sauvignon

Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.

Bottle of Château Clinet

The wine

Associant élégance et intensité, Château Clinet est aujourd'hui unanimement salué comme l'un des plus prestigieux vins au monde.

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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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Estate figures

2025 vintage figures

Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.

Vintages on record

VintageBest scoreVintage characterTechnical sheet
2025—A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.fiche · PDF
2024—A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early.fiche · PDF
2023—Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.PDF français · PDF anglais
2022—The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness.PDF français · PDF anglais
2021—Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.PDF français · PDF anglais
2020—An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.PDF français · PDF anglais
2019—A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.PDF français · PDF anglais
2018—After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.PDF français · PDF anglais
2017—Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.PDF français · PDF anglais
2014—The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth.fiche · PDF
2013—Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual.PDF français
2011—A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young.PDF français · PDF anglais
2009—An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible.PDF anglais
2008—A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields.PDF français · PDF anglais

“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.

All technical sheets

The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.

Château ClinetGrand vinRouge · 3 vintages

An offer on Château Clinet

Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply. The estate is already filled in; please specify the vintage you want.

Texts and documents 2025

The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.

Visuals

For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.

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