Clinet’s Plateau vineyard available to aspiring winemakers

VINIV has added Pomerol to its portfolio which will allow wine enthusiasts to produce their own barrels from the appellation.

The announcement follows the recent additions of vineyards located at Château Lynch-Bages, Château Giscours and Château de Tertre for the Bordeaux-based company who through its agents Berry Bros in Hong Kong and the UK, enables customers to produce and bottle their own wine.

Château Clinet’s 50-year-old Merlot vines are located at the centre of Pomerol’s famous ‘Gunz gravel’ and clay terrace, and Viniv hopes this new venture will enable the company to offer vineyards from all of Bordeaux’s appellations to its clients. Its other vineyards are in Saint-Émilion, Saint-Estèphe, Graves and Canon-Fronsac.

Eric Boissenot, VINIV’s consulting oenologist said: “Merlot from this sector of Pomerol produces velvety, dense and complex wines. It offers VINIV clients a beautiful complement or alternative to the tense and equally-sophisticated wines from the limestone soils of neighbouring Saint-Émilion.”

“We love VINIV’s innovative approach of putting sophisticated consumers at the centre of the winemaking experience”, added Ronan Laborde, CEO of Groupe Clinet.

“Providing a discreet amount of our best vines in Pomerol is an excellent way for Château Clinet to demonstrate what makes our terroir, landscape and winemaking practices so unique.”