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Clerc Milon 2019 (6.0L)
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95 DE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 WA
The wine has the highest levels of Cabernet Sauvignon since the 1980s, and even on the nose you can feel its impact in terms of the depth of tight black fruit. Extremely good quality with fine tannins that build, build, build over the palate, and grip on, forcing you to slow down and pay attention. Beautiful spice with menthol, slate, pencil lead, blackberry and blackcurrant. An exciting wine with real energy and forward motion, helped to withstand the summer heat by its position by the river, and the fact that the average age of the vines at Clerc Milon is almost 50 years. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend. Jean Emmanuel Danjoy's last outing doing the full vintage at Clerc Milon before he heads over to Mouton as technical director. Drinking Window 2028 - 2044 - Jane Anson, Decanter
A very tight, precise red with super fine tannins that are tight and focused. Medium-to full-bodied with linear tannins and a bright, vivid finish. It’s leaner and refined. Precise and driven. This is a very cabernet sauvignon-driven Clerc with 72% cabernet sauvignon. - James Suckling
The blend this year is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, harvested from the 19th of September to the 9th of October. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Clerc Milon starts out a little closed and broody, offering notes of tar, chargrill, tapenade and Marmite toast over an emerging core of stewed plums, black cherries and kirsch with a touch of garrigue. The medium-bodied palate delivers loads of freshness with crunchy black fruits and a lively line, backed up by grainy tannins, finishing long and savory. “The vineyard of Clerc Milon was a mess for centuries,” Philippe Dhalluin explained to me. “It had never been restructured. Now it is 54 hectares of many, many small plots. Slowly, we have been replanting, planting the right rootstocks and varieties on the right plots. In five to 10 years, Clerc Milon will begin to show these improvements.” A very well situated property (cozied right up to the Gironde, across the road from Mouton Rothschild and next door to Lafite’s parcels on that side of the D2 road), this is most certainly a property to watch over the forthcoming years. - LPB, Wine Advocate