2009 Château Clinet Pomerol Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

Still young, this is evolving at a glacial pace, yet there is no denying the greatness in this bottle. Deep in color, the wine pops with notes of licorice, black plum liqueur, dark cherries, chocolate, espresso, truffle, and rose petals on the nose. With incredible levels of density, the wine coats your palate with liquified plums, black cherry liqueur, dark chocolate and roast espresso that coats your palate and sticks with you for over 60 seconds. Be patient here as the wine demands at least 5 and may 7-8 more years in the cellar.

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Port like in nature, this stunner grabs life and your attention with its intensity and mouth-filling, palate-staining levels of intensity. Dark in color, and in fruit, this still youthful expression of Pomerol is off the hook. Another decade in the cellar will provide all the time needed for this future legend to develop.

With all its sublime layers of concentrated, lusciously textured fruit, there is more than meets the eye here. Voluptuous in nature, the wine is sensual, plummy and packed with all the dark cocoa and truffle you desire. Full-bodied, deep and rich, this opulent wine has a finish that is close to the 60 second mark. Young, yet approachable, the best years are in its future.

Espresso bean, flowers, orange rind, truffle, spice, boysenberry, blue fruit and cocoa aromas open the wine. Thick, rich, lush, powerful and mouth filling, the wine coats your palate with sensuous layers of perfectly, ripe, polished, silky, pure berries. In just a few months the wine has morphed from its baby fat stage to a very sophisticated, decadent Pomerol.

Opaque in color, with licorice, chocolate, plum liqueur, truffle, black raspberry jam and espresso notes in the perfume, there is a delicious, opulent sensation on the palate. Thick, rich and intense, with cashmere tannins and plush textured, perfectly ripe blackberries and cherries dipped in chocolate, this delivers decadent sensations on the palate. This sublime vintage of Clinet should age gracefully for decades.

It's fitting that the 2009 turned out to be the best wine from Ronan Laborde, since he began managing the estate ten years ago. This beautiful Pomerol is packed with flowers, licorice, black cherry, plums and spice box aromas. Decadent in textures, with a wonderful purity of fruit and silky tannins, this blend of 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon is the best wine produced from Clinet since their dynamic duo of 1989 and 1990.

2009 Clinet is deep ruby. Produced from 85% merlot, 12% cabernet sauvignon, and 3% cabernet franc, the wine opens with an explosive perfume of jammy strawberry, blackberry, caramel, spice, and flowers that seems to pop from the glass. With an intense concentration of dark berries and licorice, this full bodied wine fills your mouth with fruit and freshness. Although this robust, decadent Pomerol comes in at a whopping 14.5%, it has so much ripe fruit and freshness that you never notice the high ABV. 96-98 Pts