Chateau Clerc Milon • Pauillac, France
Château Clerc Milon is the estate’s grand vin, a Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé crafted mainly from old-vine Cabernet Sa…Château Clerc Milon is the estate’s grand vin, a Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé crafted mainly from old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown on deep gravel and clay-limestone slopes overlooking the Gironde, between Mouton and Lafite Rot…Learn More »
$68
/750ml
2022 Retail Average
95
/100
2022 Pro Rating
Energy runs straight through 2022 Château Clerc Milon, its dark cherry and ripe plum fruit streaked with citrus peel and wet-stone freshness that keep the generous ripeness firmly in check. The palate is compact and structured rather than showy, with firm, chalk-dusted tannins and a subtly bitter, zesty bite on the finish that gives this Pauillac real tension and character. This is a serious, tightly coiled Clerc Milon that clearly needs time but promises a vivid, sculpted expression of its clay-limestone site once it relaxes in bottle.
Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic; Dry-aged ribeye steak; Braised beef short ribs
Château Clerc Milon is the estate’s grand vin, a Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé crafted mainly from old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown on deep gravel and clay-limestone slopes overlooking the Gironde, between Mouton and Lafite Rothschild. Known for its powerful yet polished structure, dark cassis-led fruit, graphite and licorice notes, and long aging potential, it marries classic Pauillac intensity with an elegance and finesse that reflect its cool, well-drained Mousset terroir and meticulous, modern winemaking under the Rothschild fa…