Ronan by Clinet Bordeaux AOC Blanc

Ronan Laborde, who has steered Château Clinet since 2004 and built its reputation on iron-rich crasse de fer Pomerol terroir, made a deliberate break from the estate's red-wine identity by producing white and rosé expressions under the Clinet umbrella — a transgression for a house whose name is synonymous with old-vine Merlot on the plateau's gravel-over-clay soils. Ronan by Clinet Blanc carries the broader Bordeaux AOC classification, drawing on the Laborde family's sourcing network beyond the 11.32-hectare Pomerol estate. The white wine program sits outside the Grand Vin's plot-by-plot vinification protocol, though it shares the house philosophy of preserving freshness and mineral precision over extraction. Varietal composition and exact production volume for this cuvée are not publicly detailed, consistent with the secondary-label positioning of the Ronan by Clinet range. What distinguishes this expression within the Clinet portfolio is precisely its rarity: white wine production is not a documented core activity at this address, making it an unusual collector's footnote from one of Pomerol's most structurally serious producers. Drink young for primary fruit character; the Bordeaux AOC framework suggests near-term enjoyment rather than the long aging arc of the estate's Grand Vin reds.