1966 & 1990 Clinet
BY NEAL MARTIN |
I have probably drunk more than my fair share of Pomerol over the years. That said, some of my favourite châteaux possess scant reserves of mature vintages, the last remaining bottles of yesteryear vintages sold long ago. That includes Clinet. Whilst I have a great deal of experience with vintages over the last 25 years, anything older is rarely found, and anything predating 1982 is as rare as hens’ teeth. So, I was certainly excited when proprietor Ronan Laborde opened two mature bottles last December, one of which I had never previously encountered. The first was made under the late Jean-Michel Arcaute, a year before the estate was sold to an insurance company and several years before its acquisition by the Laborde family.
