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Clerc Milon 2016 75cl

5eme Grand Cru Classé | Pauillac | Bordeaux | Francia
CHF 113.50
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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
Produttore
Château Clerc Milon
Prendendo il posto del padre, la baronessa Philippine de Rothschild si occupò dell'allora piccola casa di Pauillac fino alla sua scomparsa nel 2014, trasformando la proprietà nel glorioso Château Clerc Milon che conosciamo oggi. Durante la sua leadership, la defunta baronessa Philippine realizzò grandi innovazioni. Nel 2007 fu costruita la nuova cantina gravitazionale e nel 2011 una cantina, una tinaia semi-interrata, una reception e diverse sale di degustazione. Dopo la famosa Classificazione del 1855 ha riconquistato lo stato di Cru Classé. I vini sono ampi e sorprendentemente accessibili per il Pauillac. La proprietà di 40 ettari non deve essere oscurata dal vicino Château Mouton Rothschild. Si producono regolarmente assemblaggi di qualità a base di Merlot, evidenziando una maturità e una ricercatezza che caratterizzano Château Clerc Milon in modo assolutamente unico.