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Clerc Milon 2016 75cl

5eme Grand Cru Classé | Pauillac | Bordeaux | France
CHF 113.50
Évaluations et Scores
96 James Suckling
Hot crushed stones and dark berries jump out of the glass. Full body, very dense fruit and powerful tannins, yet it remains agile and bright with beauty and energy. So muscular and toned. Truly outstanding Clerc for the future. Unwavering nature to this. Try after 2024.
94 Robert Parker
The Cabernet Franc was fantastic this year, so it was all used in the grand vin. The final blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Carménère. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Clerc Milon leaps from the glass with beautiful scents of chocolate-covered cherries, plum preserves and crushed blackcurrants with suggestions of lilacs, cardamom, underbrush and unsmoked cigars. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a firm frame of finely grained tannins and seamless freshness lifting the perfumed fruit to a nice long finish.<br/>Mouton’s congenial managing director, Philippe Dhalluin, was unfortunately in Napa while I was in Bordeaux in October, so I was hosted by Eric Tourbier—Mouton’s technical director—and Clerc-Milon’s winemaker, Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy. While discussing the particularly abundant range of aroma/flavor compounds I was perceiving in the 2016 reds, Danjoy commented, “When you have a wet spring, you tend to have more aromatic precursors. Also, it was a long maturation period. The vine made a lot of aromatic components. The gap between the Merlot and the Cabernet Sauvignon for ripening was very long. In fact, Cabernet was very late this year. We didn’t know if the Cabernet Sauvignon was going to make it! The big surprise for us was the Cabernet Franc—all of it was delicious. We used it all in the grand vin at Clerc Milon.”
94 Wine Spectator
A fresh and stylish version, with chalky minerality running from start to finish. Succulent plum and cassis fruit flavors coil around this and absorbs this easily at first. Then pretty violet and lilac notes guild the finish, with the minerality taking a slightly firmer stand. Best from 2023 through 2035. — JM
94 Wine Spectator
A fresh and stylish version, with chalky minerality running from start to finish. Succulent plum and cassis fruit flavors coil around this and absorbs this easily at first. Then pretty violet and lilac notes guild the finish, with the minerality taking a slightly firmer stand. Best from 2023 through 2035. — JM
Producteur
Château Clerc Milon
Endossant le rôle de son père, la Baronne Philippine de Rothschild a repris ce qui était alors, une petite maison de village à Pauillac. Jusqu’à sa disparition en 2014, elle a métamorphosé la propriété, le faisant évoluer vers le magnifique château que nous connaissons aujourd’hui. Sous la direction de la regrettée Baronne Philippine, des rénovations de grande envergure ont pu être entreprises. En 2007, le nouveau cuvier gravitaire a été érigé. S’y sont ajoutés en 2011, une cave, un chai à barriques semi-enterré, une salle de réception et plusieurs salles de dégustation. Ayant regagné les lettres de noblesse propres à un cru classé reconnu dans le classement de 1855, les vins sont ronds et d’une accessibilité rare à Pauillac. Cette propriété de 40 hectares ne devrait pas jouer les seconds rôles au profit de son voisin illustre et néanmoins société sœur, le Château Mouton-Rothschild. Elle propose couramment des assemblages qualitatifs axés sur le merlot, affichant un côté prune mûre, grande spécificité du Château Clerc Milon.