2009 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (44%), Cabernet Franc (4%), Petit Verdot (1%), Carménère (1%)
Ready - at best (Drink 2015 - 2037)
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Robert Parker
92/100
James Suckling
93-96/100
Product: 20091008212

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2009 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

Super sweet, blackberry aromas waft from the 2009 Ch. Clerc Milon. This has great intensity and power in the mouth with a lovely ball of sweet, ripe fruit on the palate and very, very, fine, ripe tannins. Somehow though, this still manages to retain its elegance, which is carried through on a long, fine finish.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Maturity Ready - at best (2015 - 2037)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (44%), Cabernet Franc (4%), Petit Verdot (1%), Carménère (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clerc Milon

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenère. Picked 23 Sep – 6 Oct. Deep moody colour. Pretty sumptuous and polished – super-ripe and flattering. Very sweet and rich although, like the other wines from this stable, some slightly rugged tannins. No obvious alcohol but fairly ripe and plush, plus notable acidity. Fine boned with attractive sweetness but no knock-out ingredient X. Rather drying finish, imprecise. Certainly a defiantly more traditional style than some of its peers – odd, or perhaps predictable? – in view of the fact that it used to be criticised for being too New World!
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2010)
Robert Parker 92/100
This fat, fleshy, dense purple-colored 2009 exhibits abundant notes of creme de cassis, roasted espresso, chocolate, berry fruit and underling hints of high quality, unsmoked cigar tobacco.

Composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and a touch of Carmenere, it reveals plenty of structure and tannin, but the evolved aromatics offer a deceptive view that the wine will be drinkable early on. I do not think this is the case as the tannins kick in once it hits the palate. This seriously endowed, powerful, boisterous, muscular Pauillac should hit its prime between 2017 and 2035.
Drink 2017 - 2035
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (Jan 2012)
James Suckling 93-96/100
Ch. Clerc-Milon, Pauillac delivers blackberry galore, with fabulous floral and currant undertones. Complex on the nose. Full-bodied, offering chewy tannins and lots of black licorice and currant character. Chewy, but reserved at the same time. A top Clerc. 50 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 44 percent Merlot, 4 percent Cabernet Franc, 1 percent Petit Verdot and 1 percent Carmenère.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jan 2010)

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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