Château Clerc Milon 2015

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2015 Clerc Milon is a blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 1% each of Petit Verdot and Carmenère, raised in 55% new oak. It has a highly perfumed bouquet with scents of small black cherries, graphite, touches of incense and wilted violets. This is a very extravagant bouquet for Clerc-Milon that wants to make an early impression. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannin, more expressive and delineated than the 2015 d'Armailhac, the finish beautifully focused with that graphite seam coming through on the sustained finish. This is potentially an outstanding Clerc-Milon, though it will need a decade in bottle to show its true potential.

James Suckling

Extremely floral with blackberry and blueberry character plus hints of violets. Full-bodied yet always in check and reserve with fine tannins and bright acidity that goes on for minutes. Limestone undertones. The finish is particularly long this vintage. Super Clerc

Wine Enthusiast

Densely structured and firm, this wine has weight, rich black fruits and great concentration. The tannins are still considerable, with obvious potential. This estate is now on top form. Drink this impressive wine from 2026.

VertdeVin

The nose is powerful, aromatic, gourmand, racy, complex and offers a slight intensity and racy minerality. It reveals notes of blackberry and pepper associated with slight notes of ripe strawberry, peony / flowers, gray pepper as well as hints of toasted oak / cocoa and sweet spices / spices. The palate is fruity, acidulous and offers a beautiful juicy frame, a slight freshness, a very slight minerality, a beautiful delicacy, a slight concentration, a beautiful finesse as well as a beautiful purity of the fruit. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, black cherry and slight hints of fleshy raspberry, redcurrant combined with hints of plum, cassis, toasted oak as well as a subtle / discreet hints of Lapsang Souchong tea, sweet spices and a subtle hint of cocoa on the finish. Outstanding wine !

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

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