Château Clinet 2022 (Magnum)

Wineadvocate

A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon that represents the earliest harvest in this estate's history (beginning on September 6), the 2022 Clinet is a success, offering up aromas of cherries and dark berries mingled with hints of spices and a discreet patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, it's impressively vibrant, with a rich core of fruit framed by powdery tannins from judicious extraction. This has more in common with the more refined 2018 and 2019 vintages at this address than with the powerhouse 2020, and that is no mean feat in an even more extreme vintage. Bravo to Ronan Laborde and his team. - WK 04/2023

Vinous

The 2022 Clinet is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon picked from 6- 21 September at around 34hL/ha. There were apparently many bunches, but the berries were small. Aged in 80% new oak and 20% 2nd fill barrels, the 2022 offers black fruit on the nose with traces of Japanese nori probably emanating from the Cabernet. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, well-judged acidity and a fine backbone that gently grips the mouth. This is a linear Pomerol with impressive delineation on the almost pastille-like finish. I appreciate this Clinet's persistence and discrete spiciness on the aftertaste. Excellent. But it is a vintage that requires time in bottle. - NM 04/2023

Beck

Le bouquet de Clinet se révèle pas à pas. Il a un évident focus sur des notes de baies noires ainsi qu'une pointe de fraîcheur. Il révèle également des notes de pralinés, des nuances de menthe ainsi qu'une touche florale. Un "melting-pot" entre le charme et la fraîcheur. En bouche le vin est crémeux, élégant, suave, compact et tapissant. Que de grâce, de souplesse. Tout est cohérent, linéaire. Les tannins confèrent une agréable sucrosité et assurent une évidente puissance, parfaitement canalisée. Pour terminer, et c'est un point élémentaire quant à la fraîcheur, le vin a de la tension en fin de bouche ! L'harmonie est acquise, le charme et la grandeur également. - 04/2023

Suckling

A very fine and polished red with silky tannins, medium body and a savory finish. Hints of hazelnut to the currant and berry fruit. - 04/2023

Dunnuck

The 2022 Château Clinet showed beautifully, with an almost Médoc-like style in its darker cassis, graphite, cedar pencil, and tobacco aromas and flavors. Full-bodied on the palate, it has ripe, velvety tannins, a round, layered mouthfeel, and remarkable purity. Pomerol was one of the erratic appellations in 2022, but this beauty does everything right and brings a beautiful mix of richness and elegance. It should round into form with just short-term bottle age and evolve for two decades. The blend is the usual 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. - 05/2023