Château Clerc Milon Rothschild, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2019

Name: Château Clerc Milon Rothschild, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Clerc Milon
Price: 471.53 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2007 2008 2010 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

This Mouton Rothschild owned Chateau has become one of the most sought after wines from Bordeaux. Its vineyards occupy the strip of land between Lafite Rothschild and the Gironde estuary, and under the watchful eye of Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy, the chateau’s fortunes have been transformed. The 2019 is yet another excellent example. Quite introverted initially, but obviously much grander and more impressive than d’Armailhac, with a broad spectrum of herb infused fruit, bright cherry, tayberry, minerals, iodine, crushed oyster shells and rocks, then dark gravelly fruit. Sleek, composed, and with a sense of transparency; beautifully poised, quite dramatic yet all controlled with dark savoury notes, cocoa nibs, plenty of spice and wild red fruit, rock salt and iron. The tannins are a touch dry, but we expect this to resolve during élevage. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

critic reviews

95/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2019 Clerc Milon is composed of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a lot of swirling to reveal notes of black cherries and mulberries over a core of cassis, cedar, and crushed rocks plus a waft of truffles. The medium-bodied palate has a sturdy structure, with grainy tannins and lively acidity supporting the cedar-laced black fruits, leading to a minerally finish.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2048

date of review 05/2023

93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2019 Clerc-Milon has a relatively light bouquet, although it does build in the glass, with red berry fruit, mixed herbs and leather. The palate is medium-bodied with a pliant and harmonious opening. Smooth in texture and with fine acidity, this has one of the more sensual and refined finish. Very fine. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2045

date of review 02/2023

95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Just so much joy to be had here. Precision architecture from the first moment, velvet texture, well balanced, tiptoes through the palate and builds slowly, delivering inky glass-staining colour. Sweet and seductive, with plump damson and black cherry fruits, and waves of anniseed and fennel on the finish. As with the 2009 this it will close up soon, as these tannins have bite, so expect it to keep building and deepening over the next decade. Jean Emmanuel Danjoy's last full vintage, before he headed over to Mouton Rothschild in 2020. Harvest September 19 to October 9.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2050

date of review 11/2022

95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Clerc Milon is a real success. At more than 70%, this blend contains one of the highest proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon in the property's recent history, and the result is a wine of real nobility. Offering up aromas of violets, wild berries, licorice, loamy soil and cigar wrapper, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with notable depth at the core, lively acids and ripe, powdery tannins that assert themselves on the finish. From clay-limestone soils rather than the sandy gravels that characterize d'Armailhac, this is by some margin the more structured and serious of Mouton-Rothschild's two Pauillac stablemates.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2055

date of review 04/2022