1990 Château Clinet Pomerol Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

Fully developed, the wine is elegant, silky, lush, and rich with a core of concentrated, perfectly ripe chocolate-covered plums, black cherries, truffle, and wet earth, along with an intriguing orange citrus note in the finish. No need to decant, just pop, pour and enjoy.

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This is a knock out wine from start to finish. The nose, with its truffle, dark chocolate, black cherry Asian spice and hint of fig in the background tells you something good is going on here. But it is the full-bodied, opulent, sexy, ostentatious, fruit-filled, velvet-textured palate where this really rocks! Splash decanted and ready to go, I am sure that well-stored bottles can continue on this path for at least another 12-15 years. Today, this could be even better than the 1989!

Pure bottled decadence. Silky, velvet drenched textures, ripe, polished fruits, truffle and chocolate pop in every direction. But it is the opulent, sexy textures that seal the deal. Well stored bottles can be longer, but why wait? I just had a bottle and already want it again!

This is one sexy, bad ass beast. It is pure silk, wrapped in a layer of hedonism, with layers of juicy, rich plums, licorice, truffle and the perfect amount of dark chocolate. The finish really sticks with you, as it builds and lingers. Well stored bottles should offer pleasure for at least another 10-20 more years.

This is such a turn on. That is, if you're into opulent, sensuous, sexy, silk and velvet textures and a nose of truffle, flowers, fresh, juicy, sweet plums, cherry liqueur, dark chocolate and bit mint with a hint of coffee and Cuban Cigars. This bottle of elegant, hedonism was super in every way making it the perfect Valentines Day wine. It's probably at peak maturity today. Bought on release and decanted about 45 minutes, I suspect this will remain at this high level for at least another 10-15 or more years, if it has been well stored. Here's a tip for you, 2009 and 2010 are both better wines! If this sounds like your type of wine, both those stunners should be in your cellar.

A very good, but not perfect example of this often stunning wine. Loads of dark chocolate, truffle, black cherry, plum and wet earth on the nose. Soft, smooth and delicious on the palate, this is drinking quite well today.

Now we're talking! This is what great Pomerol is all about. Sexy, rich, sensuous textures with silky tannins. Lush, fresh, sweet, dark red berries with chocolate accents and truffle and a velvet finish that remains with you. This is clearly in the sweet spot for my taste. What a beauty!!! Interestingly, two bottles were popped. The first bottle, which is where this note was taken from, was a richer, more sensuous experience. The second bottle had more structure, was firmer and would probably age longer, but without as much pleasure. Both bottles came from the same case.

When the cork, I feared there might be a problem. Fortunately, the Durand came to rescue and flawlessly removed the cork. While the cork was in bad shape, the wine was a stunner! Chocolate covered black cherry, coconut, truffle and plums were all over the place. The wine is dense, intense, thick, rich and silky, ending in lush waves of juicy, ripe, sweet, pure, plums. Popped into a decanted and poured, the wine got better in the glass. If you are a Pomerol fan, if you can find a bottle, grab it. This is a treat.

Rich, chocolate coated plums, truffles, spice, flowers, licorice, coffee bean and black cherry aromas couple with decadent, silk and velvet textures that end in multiple waves of opulent, plush, ripe, voluptuous, sweet fruit. This wine seems to improve every year and is not far off from the legendary 1989.

This wine offers a beautiful bouquet filled with flowers, licorice, plums, currants, spice and oak. Dense, silky, voluptuous, rich and full bodied. This wine is so decadent. It stains your palate, mouth and senses with satiny black fruit.

Good color, earthy, spice driven smells with mocha, plums, caramel, licorice and smoke. The palate enjoys a bath of big, rich, dense, ripe, chocolate covered cherries, ending in a wonderful, long, opulent finish.

Plummy, spicy, floral aromas float from the glass. A decadent mouthful of rich, deep, concentrated fruit liqueur slides over your palate. The texture is extremely lush.

Darkly colored with black fruit, plum and forest aromas, this is a full bodied, ripe, round and also tannic wine. The finish shows a blackberry, bitter chocolate quality.