Clerc Milon

Specification

Producer

Clerc Milon

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Classification

Fifth Growth (1855)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Carmenère

Vintage

2009

Case

6 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

CLEMIL096X75

About this wine

Clerc Milon is a Cabernet Sauvignon-led Pauillac with Merlot and smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Carmenère. It is rich and full-bodied, with cassis, cedar and spice, and firm but ripe tannins. Made by the Mouton Rothschild team, it generally needs ten years to show its best and good vintages age for twenty-five or more.

About Clerc Milon

Château Clerc Milon is a Fifth Growth of Pauillac, bought in 1970 by Baron Philippe de Rothschild and now part of the same family group as Château Mouton Rothschild. Its vineyards lie in the north of the appellation, close to Mouton and Lafite Rothschild.

Since the Rothschild purchase the estate has been extensively replanted and improved, and a new winery was completed in 2011. The vineyard is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and a little Carmenère. Clerc Milon is valued as a serious, age-worthy Pauillac from a celebrated stable.