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2021 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (59%), Merlot (28%), Cabernet Franc (10%), Carménère (1.5%), Petit Verdot (1.5%)
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Product: 20211008212
2021 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 59%, Merlot 28%, Cabernet Franc 10%, Petit Verdot 1.5%, Carmenère 1.5%.

Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy’s work here over the last decade has made Clerc Milon one of the Left Bank’s most-improved châteaux. Jean-Emmanuel has since moved up to run Mouton Rothschild; Caroline Artaud is now in charge. The property’s cooler clay soils can be a challenge in years like 2021, but vineyard health is now such that the fruit was all in by 6th October. This is very polished and compact, if not as flamboyant as in recent vintages. But there is plenty of weave and texture between the tannins and black-fruit notes. The finish is persistent and long.

Drink 2027 - 2042

Our score: 17.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (59%), Merlot (28%), Cabernet Franc (10%), Carménère (1.5%), Petit Verdot (1.5%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clerc Milon

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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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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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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