2004 Ch. Clerc-Milon, Pauillac

A good effort here in a wine that is softer and sweeter than its Mouton stablemate d´Armailhac. Very very dark blackish purple. Nice spicy nose, very round supple start. Attractively open, if light, nose already. A certain meatiness on the nose and then pretty light on the palate with dry tannins on the finish. Not tarted up, perfectly honest, but probably slightly lower yields would have yielded a slightly more interesting wine. Just a little bit too much inkiness rather than body. Lots of black cherry fruit then the fine tannins and, just, sufficient acidity. Good classic Médoc if not necessarily Pauillac.
(Jancis Robinson - www.jancisrobinson.com - 07-Apr-2005)