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Chateau Clerc Milon  2005
Chateau Clerc Milon 2005

Chateau Clerc Milon 2005


Bordeaux Red Blends

from Pauillac, Bordeaux, France

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Item No. 94325 
red wine style:
Light & Fruity Smooth & Supple Earthy & Spicy Big & Bold
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#11 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2008

critical acclaim:

"Offers fabulous aromas of currant, tar, lead pencil and mineral. Full-bodied, with supersoft tannins that caress the palate. Beautiful and impressive. A fabulous wine. The best Clerc in a very long time. Best after 2014. 10,000 cases made."

95 Points

Wine Spectator

"On a 107-acre site between Mouton and Lafite, Clerc Milon is part of G.F.A. Baronne Philippine de Rothschild, a group of properties including Mouton and managed by the same team. In 2005, the team produced a great performance from this vineyard, a clean, pure wine with delicacy and energy rather than tannic overload. Not that it isn't laden with tannins, but the bright, wild cherry fruit flavor is a formidable partner, lasting for minutes through a buoyant finish. A supple, lovely wine that will go the distance with some of its more powerful neighbors."

93 Points

Wine & Spirits

"Full ruby-red. Superripe, almost syrupy aromas of cassis, licorice, graphite and coffee. Full, seamless and sweet, with a ripeness verging on exotic; but this is fat with fruit. An outsized Clerc-Milon with a relatively high 13.2% alcohol but also very good energy in the mouth. Finishes with terrific breadth and substantial ripe tannins. "This was very restrained in the barrel but is really opening up in bottle," noted Dhalluin. A superb showing today."

92 Points

International Wine Cellar

"Clerc-Milon continues on its rising path of quality with this rich and rounded magnificent 2005. Driven by rich, red jam fruits, and dominated by the dense, solid tannins, this wine is already approachable, but will develop over 8–12 years."

91 Points

Wine Enthusiast

"If teasing with touches of dark chocolate and clearly showing the influence of the warm 2005 summer, Clerc Milon is not so outwardly fruity as some of its fellow Pauillacs, and it presently comes across as tough and a bit tight at its center. It follows a more classic Bordelaise course and counts structure in its favor, and its tannins argue for six to ten years of age."

90 Points

Connoisseurs' Guide

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rating (9/21/2010):
My first '05 Bordeaux, it's absolutely stunning for the intensity of the fruit, balance, and other notes. The reviews are on point. However, if this is only going to get better through 2014, I'm going to have a problem because I can't find more except in the 375ml bottles. Just stunning.
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