2010 Château Clerc Milon
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Tasting notes
A cool mintiness. And clearly some focus underneath. Poised. Complete and very Pauillac. Long and really lovely. Goes on and on and keeps its character. Very good.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2010 Château Clerc Milon is more firm and closed, and isn't at prime time yet. Darker currants, graphite, scorched earth, and lead pencil notes all shine here, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a focused, structured mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. Give bottles another 4-5 years (or a healthy decant) and enjoy over the following two decades. Drink 2029-2049.
Another big vintage, when it became clear that Clerc Milon was hitting a different level, and you feel it in the glass simply by hovering your nose in its vicinity. This is serious, monumental, will benefit from a few more years in bottle. Black cherry, damson, mint, ecualpytus, chocolate, coffee, silky texture, supple and satiny and full of character and life. You can either drink today with a good carafe, or happily hold it back. 50% new oak. Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy technical director.
About the producer
Ch. Clerc Milon was purchased by Baron Philippe Rothschild in 1970. Today the 41-hectare vineyard, sandwiched between First Growths Ch. Lafite Rothschild and Ch. Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac, is one of Bordeaux’s most impressive Fifth Growths