Wine Advocate
par Robert Parker le 30/04/2000
Clinet is difficult to taste young because it tends to be unevolved, broodingly backward, and disjointed. It requires 1-2 years of barrel age until it begins to reveal its true character. Tasted twice, the 1999 is concentrated, displaying notes of melted asphalt, Asian spices, smoke, and black fruits. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with astringent tannin, a rough mid-section, and a hard, dry finish with plenty of wood tannin to go along with the natural fruit tannin. I am not sure a balance has been struck in the 1999, but a more definitive judgment will be possible after another year of barrel age.