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Chateau Clinet, Pomerol, 1995

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
by Chateau Clinet
$199.00
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Thirty years of bottle age on a serious Pomerol vintage. The mid-1990s at Clinet was still very much the Arcaute/Rolland era — late harvests, ripe Merlot, abundant new oak — and 1995 was a solid Right Bank year that the estate handled with characteristic richness. Three decades on, this is squarely a library wine: the primary fruit has shifted to dried-plum and truffle territory, the new oak has melted into the wine, and the tannins are resolved into a velvet sheen. Pomerol with thirty years on it is a specific and beautiful thing — savory, mature, transporting. Open with care, decant gently, and treat it as the occasion bottle it is.

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Antonio Galloni

90 points

"Very good deep red-ruby. Rather dumb nose exudes a faint shoe polish aroma. Dense, velvety, soft and mouthcoating; fills those hard-to-reach spots on your palate. Really an outsized wine, with thick, chocolatey fruit and major dusty tannins. But currently monolithic. In France they'd call this "Monsieur Plus.”" —Stephen Tanzer

Robert Parker

96 points

"Another extraordinary wine made in a backward vin de garde style, the 1995 Clinet represents the essence of Pomerol. The blackberry, cassis liqueur-like fruit of this wine is awesome. The color is saturated black/purple, and the wine extremely full-bodied and powerful with layers of glycerin-imbued fruit, massive richness, plenty of licorice, blackberry, and cassis flavors, full body, and a thick, unctuous texture. This is a dense, impressive offering from administrator Jean-Michel Arcaute. This wine should continue to improve for another 10-25 years." —Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Wine Spectator

92 points

"Wild aromas of forest fruits, coffee and toasted oak follow through to a rich and decadent palate with full body and a long chewy finish. This still needs time."

More about Chateau Clinet

Ronan Laborde's Pomerol gem. Clinet spent years in obscurity before Jean-Louis Laborde acquired it in 1998. Today it ranks with Pétrus and Lafleur for sheer quality—proof that great terroir eventually rises no matter how long it sleeps.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Merlot

  • Vintage

    1995

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Mature Pomerol territory, wants something substantial but not loud. Roast duck, squab with mushrooms, a rare côte de boeuf, aged hard cheeses, or a quiet evening at the table with no distractions.

Tasting Profile

Medium-bodied and fully mature, with dried plum, truffle, leather, tobacco, cedar, and warm baking spice. Tannins fully resolved, the texture velvety and integrated, the finish savory and lingering.

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