Ronan by Clinet Pur Cab Bordeaux AOC

Ronan Laborde — who has stewarded Château Clinet since 2004 and built its reputation on one of Pomerol's most unusual Cabernet Sauvignon-inclusive blends — extends that conviction into a single-varietal Bordeaux AOC bottling under the Ronan by Clinet label.

Where the Grand Vin retains 12–20% Cabernet Sauvignon as a structural and mineral counterweight to old-vine Merlot, Pur Cab strips the proposition to its core: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, a deliberate transgression in a region where the variety is almost exclusively used as a blending component on the Left Bank and a minor accent on the Right.

Sourced under the broad Bordeaux AOC designation, the wine draws on Laborde's deep familiarity with Cabernet Sauvignon's behaviour in the Gironde — a variety he has championed at Clinet when most Pomerol neighbours removed it entirely after the 1956 frost. Vinification follows the Clinet philosophy of measured extraction, with the resulting wine aged in French oak to preserve varietal precision over extracted weight.

It occupies a frankly unusual position: a pure-varietal Cabernet Sauvignon from a producer whose entire Grand Vin identity is built on knowing exactly what this grape does in Bordeaux. Approachable on release, with the structural backbone Cabernet Sauvignon always delivers, and a drinking window suited to near-term enjoyment.