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2005 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (48%),Merlot (40%),Cabernet Franc (10%),Petit Verdot (1%),Carménère (1%)
Ready - mature
Neal Martin MW
93/100
Product: 20051008212
2005 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

This underrated estate, located next to two First Growths, Mouton and Lafite, is the most forward and easy to appreciate of the Baroness Philippine properties. But alongside its sweet lush fruit and exotic crowd-pleasing style is some real Pauillac grip and substantial tannins and structure. Like the d'Armailhac, this has real life and energy to it but the fruit is more minerally and concentrated and the wine is more serious. Made from 48% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot this is one of the sleepers of the vintage.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (48%),Merlot (40%),Cabernet Franc (10%),Petit Verdot (1%),Carménère (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clerc Milon

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 93/100
I have noticed that both myself and robert_parker have consistently given the 2005 Chteau Clerc-Milon a very respectable 93 points. At ten years of age (has time flow that quickly?), I find no reason to change my opinion of a truly great wine for the estate. The nose is straight-down-the-line classic Clerc-Milon with intense graphite and cigar box aromas infusing the black fruit that could only come from Pauillac. The palate is medium-bodied with powerful black and red fruit, hints of tobacco suffusing the multi-layered black fruit that gently grip the mouth. It has opened slightly since I last tasted this wine, though I would still afford it another 3 to 4 years in bottle. This is a great Clerc-Milon, probably the best ever made. Tasted August 2016.Neil Martin - 31/01/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jan 2017)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Château Clerc Milon

Classified as a Fifth Growth in 1855, Château Clerc Milon is one of a trinity of Pauillac classified growths owned by the Baron Philippe de Rothschild family. Baron Philippe began renovation and restoration here in 1970 – work that was later championed by his daughter Baroness Philippine until her death in 2014.
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