Clerc Milon 2011 (750ML)

94 WE / 93 JS / 92 DE / 91 WS

Continuing its impressive development, Clerc Milon 2011 is a serious wine. It is elegant, stylish, its fruits well integrated with red berry and plum skin flavors. Powerful while round and fruity with a fine sense of weight, this wine will develop relatively quickly but will then stay at its peak for many years. Drink from 2017.Cellar Selection. - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast

A chewy wine, but the tannins are polished and pretty. Full body, intense fruit and tannins and a persistent finish. Muscular, but balanced. Try in 2018. - James Suckling

This feels young and concentrated, but there is an angularity to the tannins that is not so present in Armailhac. A smoky tobacco edge is set against an intense black cherry and cassis mid palate with powerful tannins. After a few moments in the glass the structure softens, and this is at the beginning of its drinking window. I rarely give the same score to both Clerc and Armailhac, but both are very different expressions of the 2011 vintage, and each has its own charm. Temporary cellar at the time. 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Carmanère complete the blend. Drinking Window 2021 - 2045

Exhibits a solid core of crushed currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit, backed by refined tannins. The notes of roasted cedar and iron are well-buried for now. This should develop into a textbook Pauillac after some modest cellaring. Best from 2016 through 2026. - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator