The 2014 Clinet is rich and round but slightly more refined than the 2012, which is arguably its qualitative peer. Lots of black cherry fruit but with that beautiful elegant Pomerol charm. Plush and plump and will age effortlessly for decades.

A tight and subtle wine with very pretty ripe-fruit character and chocolate. Medium to full body. Needs time to open. Better in 2020.

Attractive fleshy damson and black cherry fruits, with crushed rose petal fragrance that is extremely moreish, and salted cracker lift on the finish. A little less precision than you find in the 2015 or 2016 vintages here, but this has grip and promising evolution, and is ready to drink. First year in the new cellar at Clinet, aged with 60% new oak.

The 2014 Clinet was a wine that perplexed when I tasted it from barrel and as a consequence, it was one that I went back and retasted three or four times during that primeur campaign. Now in bottle, the bouquet has improved and developed more fruit concentration, armed with red plum, wild strawberry and blueberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied and quite refined, certainly not as opulent as other vintages from the estate, perhaps just missing a persistence on the angular finish. It is not a bad Clinet by a long stretch, it just feels a little constricted, especially compared to say the 2010 or 2015. I tasted this on three occasions, drawing the same conclusion each time.

– eRobertParker.com, March 2017

Tasted blind. Dark, youthful colour. And youthfully fresh fruit aroma, dark and lively. Light-bodied, elegant. Tannins are dry, very fine, but it’s not classic Pomerol. (JH)