2016 Château Clinet
Red Bordeaux Blend
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By Michael Godel
(Château Clinet, Ac Pomerol red) Login and sign up and see review text.
1/20/2024, (See more on WineAlign...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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1/22/2020, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Jeb Dunnuck
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Bordeaux 2016: Firing On All Cylinders, 2/28/2019, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)
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By James Suckling
(Château Clinet Pomerol, Red, France) Login and sign up and see review text.
1/14/2019, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)
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By Jane Anson
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JA Additional BiB 2016, 1/8/2019, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Antonio Galloni
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2016 Bordeaux…It’s All In The Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/2/2019, (See more on Vinous...) -
By Neal Martin
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The DBs: Bordeaux 2016 In Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/1/2019, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Chris Kissack
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December 2018, 12/1/2018, (See more on Winedoctor...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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10/16/2018, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Antonio Galloni
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2016 Bordeaux: It’s Now or Never, Baby (Apr 2017), 4/17/2017, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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4/5/2017, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By James Suckling
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4/4/2017, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)
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By Jane Anson
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2016 Pomerol, 4/2/2017, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Chris Kissack
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April 2017, 4/1/2017, (See more on Winedoctor...)
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By Neal Martin
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Southwold: 2016 Bordeaux Blind (Aug 2020), (See more on Vinous...)
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Château Clinet) Medium dark ruby color; lifted, savory, cedar, red currant nose; silky textured, red currant, cedar palate with good balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon)
1/25/2019, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2016
- TypeRed
- ProducerChâteau Clinet
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code3277036128757, 3511061028577, 3511061659580, 3760066832591, 3760066832683, 3760066833222, 649944161073
9/19/2023 - KeithAkers wrote: 94 Points
Visits in Bordeaux; 9/18/2023-9/19/2023 (St Julien, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol): Though the nose is wound up a little bit, it still shows off its class as it fills the glass with baking spices, red cherries, blueberries, figs, some menthol, rose petals, chocolate, violets, and a bit of fresh herbs. There is a lot of depth and elegance here as it gets into the headier qualities of Merlot. The Medium/full bodied feel is refined and deep with medium acidity and silky, yet youthful, medium+ tannins. This is a drop dead gorgeous Pomerol that has many many years of great life ahead of it.
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7/3/2023 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
No notes taken. I expected this to be very open and offering lots of hedonism despite its youth. It wasn’t. It’s a very structured, muscular, young, dark brooding, minerality-driven Clinet that will probably need another 10 years to soften and open up. Interestingly, the fruit profile today is very much in the dark spectrum and will all its muscles, I would have easily guessed this to be a left bank. I’m not the biggest fan of Clinets latest vintages as I usually found them to be among the more extracted, riper right banks but this 2016 doesn’t show that. 91/92 today but certainly with more potential.
Decanting: Not decanted, followed over roughly 90 minutes with little change. Maybe a long decant would have helped.
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6/14/2023 - jerry6 wrote: 95 Points
later 97 3rd day cherries and sweetness came through big time thiswill improve with age
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6/2/2023 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pnp from a very reasonably priced wine list. Dark garnet, Unlike many left bank 2016 which are very tight and closed at the moment, this is another right banker that is accessible and wide open. Still very fruit forward with plenty of baby fat. Good concentration of fruit and also nice freshness. Around 93 with clear upside so would wait at least another 3-4 years for the wine to show its best.
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5/25/2023 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bordeaux 2023-05-25 (Right Bank): Lots of tannins
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