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2020 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (53%),Merlot (37%),Cabernet Franc (8%),Petit Verdot (2%)
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Antonio Galloni
90-92/100
Neal Martin MW
91-93/100
Jeb Dunnuck
93-95/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
92-94/100
Jane Anson MW
94/100
Product: 20201008212
2020 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

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Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Merlot 37%, Cabernet Franc 8%, Petit Verdot 2%

This well-situated vineyard has a view of the Gironde. It’s right beside Mouton Rothschild, but on slightly cooler soils; it’s usually later to ripen. Not so in 2020, with the harvest completed between 9th and 28th September. Clerc Milon has been on an upward trajectory under the stewardship of Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy (now promoted to Mouton itself), and this is a fine example. The bouquet is balanced, with ripeness, compote of bilberry and a lick of raspberry. The palate is fine and creamy, well coated and with just a hint of green-tea tannin and sculptured austerity. It’s very classy.

Drink 2028-2045

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (53%),Merlot (37%),Cabernet Franc (8%),Petit Verdot (2%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Clerc Milon

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni 90-92/100
The 2020 Clerc Milon is soft, fruity and supple. Inky red fruit, plum, lavender, rose petal and spice all meld together in the glass. The 2020 is not terribly complex, but it is open-knit, radiant, and incredibly appealing, even in the early going. I suspect it will offer quite a bit of pleasure right out of the gate. The proportion of Merlot is a bit higher in this year's blend, which no doubt contributes to the wine's appeal. Tasted two times.Drink from 2025 to 2040antonio_galloni, Vinous.com (June 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2040
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Jun 2021)
Neal Martin MW 91-93/100
The 2020 Clerc Milon has a crisp, well-defined bouquet that you might suspect derives from a cooler growing season. Mainly black fruit here, along with cedar and light sea spray/estuarine scents, unfolding nicely in the glass but always keeping something back. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. An elegant rather than powerful Clerc Milon, with a slightly ferrous, well-structured but never grippy finish and a saline aftertaste. Give this 4–5 years in bottle. Classic Pauillac through and through. Drink from 2027 to 2045Neil Martin, Vinous.com (May 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2040
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (May 2021)
Jeb Dunnuck 93-95/100
The top wine 2020 Château Clerc Milon checks in as 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot and Carmenère, and it's another beauty, offering both richness and elegance. Ripe currants, cassis, damp earth, graphite, and crushed stone-like minerality define the bouquet, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a more focused, pure texture, plenty of expansive richness on the mid-palate, and ripe, building tannins. This beautifully layered, pure wine shows the style of the vintage nicely.jeb_dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (May 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2040
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (May 2021)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 92-94/100
The 2020 Clerc Milon - a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot with just a splash of Carmenere - has a deep garnet-purple color, opening with notes of tar, unsmoked cigars, bouquet garni and graphite, giving way to a core of ripe black and red currants, boysenberries and tree bark, plus a touch of black olives. The medium-bodied palate delivers fantastic tension and impressively ripe, fine-grained tannins to support the crunchy, energetic black fruit flavors, finishing with a lively herbal lift.Drink from 2025 to 2040Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (May 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2040
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (May 2021)
Jane Anson MW 94/100
Powerful, a little austere with tight black fruits that will benefit from adding flesh over ageing, as the tannins are a little angular right now. The freshly crushed mint leaf finish is beautiful, and this is is ripped with powerful nuanced fruit, tobacco and earthy flavours, followed by waves of violet flowers. Good quality, not as exuberant as some years of Clerc Milon. First year of Caroline Artaud to oversee the entire vintage, as Jean-Philippe Danjoy has headed over to Mouton. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 50% new oak. There is also 0.6% of Carmanère in the blend.Drink from 2028 to 2044jane_anson_mw, Decanter (April 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2040
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2021)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Château Clerc Milon

Classified as a Fifth Growth in 1855, Château Clerc Milon is one of a trinity of Pauillac classified growths owned by the Baron Philippe de Rothschild family. Baron Philippe began renovation and restoration here in 1970 – work that was later championed by his daughter Baroness Philippine until her death in 2014.
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