Clinet
Chateau Clinet is located in the heart of the Pomerol appellation, about 40 kilometers from the city of Bordeaux. It makes up one of the most prestigious terroirs of the appellation, set as it is upon the best parcels of the renowned gravel terraces of Gunz, terroir of the greatest Merlots in the world.
The more current wine I want to recommend is also an innovation: Ronan by Clinet: a contemporary wine, carrying the clout of a Pomerol name, this is Bordeaux doing branding. Yes, it sounds like an aftershave, yes it gives the very discreet Ronan Laborde – who makes it and has his name written in enormous letters down the side of the winery – a kind of footballer-superstar status (“How do I feel about that? My name is my name, the wine is the wine, I don’t feel personified into a bottle,” he says) but this is good juice. VICTORIA MOORE, telegraph.co.uk
The more current wine I want to recommend is also an innovation: Ronan by Clinet: a contemporary wine, carrying the clout of a Pomerol name, this is Bordeaux doing branding. Yes, it sounds like an aftershave, yes it gives the very discreet Ronan Laborde – who makes it and has his name written in enormous letters down the side of the winery – a kind of footballer-superstar status (“How do I feel about that? My name is my name, the wine is the wine, I don’t feel personified into a bottle,” he says) but this is good juice. VICTORIA MOORE, telegraph.co.uk