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“Ronan Laborde” by Ronan Laborde<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Gerda<\/span><\/strong>: Tell us about you …<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\nRonan Laborde:<\/strong> It is difficult to speak about myself. I leave the judgment to my wife.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMonique Bailly : <\/strong>Ronan is a generous man who is demanding not only with others but especially with himself.<\/span><\/p>\nGerda<\/span><\/strong>: What are the main challenges you personally face, in the practice of your work?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nRonan Laborde: <\/strong>The climate is the biggest challenge in our profession. Each year we start with a blank sheet to fill out. You need several criteria to make exceptional wines.<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo-Clinet.png\")
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” NATURE – MASTERY – PATIENCE – HARMONY – EXCLUSIVE – RED – SPIRIT – LOYALTY – PERFECTION – FRUIT – ELEGANCE – HEDONISM – POWER – INSPIRE – INTIMACY – PARADOX – SILANCE – PURITY – RESPECT ” \u00a0<\/span><\/span>C L I N E T<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHarvest 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Gerda: How did your harvest go?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nRonan Laborde: <\/strong><\/span>The 2021 harvest is the result of a long growing season in Bordeaux. This year, the season started early, at the end of a temperate winter, leaving the vintage without heat and sunshine excess. The growing cycle benefited from a radiant late season, during which the harvest took place, harvesting only a few days back. Thus, in Clinet, the harvest began on September 27th for the Merlots and ended on October 7th with the Cabernets Sauvignons.<\/span><\/p>\nAmong the particular elements of this 2021 vintage, the harmony between the phenolic and physiological maturities must be noted.\u00a0Several years of the last decade have offered powerful, gourmet, and warm wines, while 2021 offers more delicacy, retaining, remarkable brilliance, and aromatic precision.\u00a0<\/span>We look forward to sharing the character of Ch\u00e2teau Clinet 2021 with our partners during the next en Primeurs week, from April 25th to 28th, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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“Each year, we begin with a white page we must fill up.\u00a0It takes a lot of hard work to make an exceptional Great Wine.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe brand Clinet today and tomorrow<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Gerda<\/strong>: <\/strong>What positioning (s) do you want for your brand(s)?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nRonan Laborde: <\/strong>I would like our wines to be understood and therefore have the image of a high-end artisanal product. The price must live up to this image.<\/span><\/p>\nG<\/em><\/strong>: How do your wines stand out, and are unique?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nRL<\/strong>: Clinet has elegant power. It is a wine that lines the whole mouth; it is velvety and has a rather particular thickness in the middle of the palate.<\/p>\nMonique spontaneously replies we find her husband’s generosity in the wine<\/em>. Also, we have been lucky to work for 40 years with Michel Rolland. He is one of the greatest oenologists in the Pomerol area and has worked with the greatest Ch\u00e2teaux.<\/p>\nG<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>: Which of your recent accomplishments would you like to share with your customers<\/span>?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nRL<\/strong>: Our latest vintages are 2018, 2019, and 2020, which reflect the quintessence of our work. Everything we do has to be in harmony with our wines. Every detail is important. It is my obsession, which I pass on to my team to make the wine as best as possible.<\/p>\nG<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: What future project are you currently working on?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nRL<\/strong>: We do a huge job of mass selection. We are not just preparing for the next generation, but for the next 400 years! It is more of a work of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\nHere in Pomerol we have to optimize every square meter. We have uprooted vines and on these plots, we are going to plant hedges to support biodiversity. I hired a landscaper for it.<\/p>\n
G<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: How far along are your property(ies) in the “green transition”?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nRL<\/strong>: This is essential in today’s world. Not to define the green transition as one of our priorities would be against common sense.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
\nThe business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Gerda<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> What are your priorities in terms of business development?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nMonique Bailly: <\/strong>We are very attached to loyalty in commercial distribution. This loyalty is the result of our work and makes us proud even if we are under-represented in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Chateau-Clinet-bt-label-2.png\")
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Gerda<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> Which vintages should the market be interested in? and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nRL<\/strong>: Ch\u00e2teau Clinet 2007 is delicious and to be savoured now. Vintages that are not “well-known” often give great surprises, like 2011 and 2012.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nG<\/span><\/strong>: What sales support materials are available to distributors to promote your wines?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMonique Bailly: <\/strong><\/span>Human interactions are very important for us. That is why we are welcoming salespersons, sommeliers, customers in personalized ways. We are also doing presentations with the Union des Grands Crus and around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCustomers can also call us or email us if they have any questions about wine and food pairing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTo finish, we have technical sheets, photos, videos, packshots if customers ask.<\/span><\/p>\nSite internet et R\u00e9seaux sociaux<\/strong><\/span>![](\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Instagram.png\")
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\nThe favourite bottle of Ronan Laborde<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Gerda<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: If you had one bottle of your heart?<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nRonan Laborde: <\/strong>Difficult to choose because I love them all! However, at Clinet, since 2009 and 2010, we have been under a new era. We found some adjustments were needed since seasons were getting hotter and hotter. Consequently, we took the decision to harvest earlier and to reduce berry ripening and extraction during vinification.\u00a0We\u00a0have shortened the whole process to bring out more of Clinet’s natural power.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe tasted wines<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Ronan Laborde:<\/strong> It is difficult to speak about myself. I leave the judgment to my wife.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Monique Bailly : <\/strong>Ronan is a generous man who is demanding not only with others but especially with himself.<\/span><\/p>\n Gerda<\/span><\/strong>: What are the main challenges you personally face, in the practice of your work?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Ronan Laborde: <\/strong>The climate is the biggest challenge in our profession. Each year we start with a blank sheet to fill out. You need several criteria to make exceptional wines.<\/span><\/p>\n ” NATURE – MASTERY – PATIENCE – HARMONY – EXCLUSIVE – RED – SPIRIT – LOYALTY – PERFECTION – FRUIT – ELEGANCE – HEDONISM – POWER – INSPIRE – INTIMACY – PARADOX – SILANCE – PURITY – RESPECT ” \u00a0<\/span><\/span>C L I N E T<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gerda: How did your harvest go?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Ronan Laborde: <\/strong><\/span>The 2021 harvest is the result of a long growing season in Bordeaux. This year, the season started early, at the end of a temperate winter, leaving the vintage without heat and sunshine excess. The growing cycle benefited from a radiant late season, during which the harvest took place, harvesting only a few days back. Thus, in Clinet, the harvest began on September 27th for the Merlots and ended on October 7th with the Cabernets Sauvignons.<\/span><\/p>\n Among the particular elements of this 2021 vintage, the harmony between the phenolic and physiological maturities must be noted.\u00a0Several years of the last decade have offered powerful, gourmet, and warm wines, while 2021 offers more delicacy, retaining, remarkable brilliance, and aromatic precision.\u00a0<\/span>We look forward to sharing the character of Ch\u00e2teau Clinet 2021 with our partners during the next en Primeurs week, from April 25th to 28th, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Each year, we begin with a white page we must fill up.\u00a0It takes a lot of hard work to make an exceptional Great Wine.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gerda<\/strong>: <\/strong>What positioning (s) do you want for your brand(s)?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Ronan Laborde: <\/strong>I would like our wines to be understood and therefore have the image of a high-end artisanal product. The price must live up to this image.<\/span><\/p>\n G<\/em><\/strong>: How do your wines stand out, and are unique?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n RL<\/strong>: Clinet has elegant power. It is a wine that lines the whole mouth; it is velvety and has a rather particular thickness in the middle of the palate.<\/p>\n Monique spontaneously replies we find her husband’s generosity in the wine<\/em>. Also, we have been lucky to work for 40 years with Michel Rolland. He is one of the greatest oenologists in the Pomerol area and has worked with the greatest Ch\u00e2teaux.<\/p>\n G<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>: Which of your recent accomplishments would you like to share with your customers<\/span>?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n RL<\/strong>: Our latest vintages are 2018, 2019, and 2020, which reflect the quintessence of our work. Everything we do has to be in harmony with our wines. Every detail is important. It is my obsession, which I pass on to my team to make the wine as best as possible.<\/p>\n G<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: What future project are you currently working on?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n RL<\/strong>: We do a huge job of mass selection. We are not just preparing for the next generation, but for the next 400 years! It is more of a work of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n Here in Pomerol we have to optimize every square meter. We have uprooted vines and on these plots, we are going to plant hedges to support biodiversity. I hired a landscaper for it.<\/p>\n G<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: How far along are your property(ies) in the “green transition”?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n RL<\/strong>: This is essential in today’s world. Not to define the green transition as one of our priorities would be against common sense.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gerda<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> What are your priorities in terms of business development?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Monique Bailly: <\/strong>We are very attached to loyalty in commercial distribution. This loyalty is the result of our work and makes us proud even if we are under-represented in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gerda<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> Which vintages should the market be interested in? and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n RL<\/strong>: Ch\u00e2teau Clinet 2007 is delicious and to be savoured now. Vintages that are not “well-known” often give great surprises, like 2011 and 2012.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n G<\/span><\/strong>: What sales support materials are available to distributors to promote your wines?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Monique Bailly: <\/strong><\/span>Human interactions are very important for us. That is why we are welcoming salespersons, sommeliers, customers in personalized ways. We are also doing presentations with the Union des Grands Crus and around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Customers can also call us or email us if they have any questions about wine and food pairing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To finish, we have technical sheets, photos, videos, packshots if customers ask.<\/span><\/p>\n Site internet et R\u00e9seaux sociaux<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n Gerda<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: If you had one bottle of your heart?<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Ronan Laborde: <\/strong>Difficult to choose because I love them all! However, at Clinet, since 2009 and 2010, we have been under a new era. We found some adjustments were needed since seasons were getting hotter and hotter. Consequently, we took the decision to harvest earlier and to reduce berry ripening and extraction during vinification.\u00a0We\u00a0have shortened the whole process to bring out more of Clinet’s natural power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nHarvest 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nThe brand Clinet today and tomorrow<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nThe business<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nThe favourite bottle of Ronan Laborde<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nThe tasted wines<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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