Château Clerc Milon

Pastourelle de Clerc Milon, 2022

Name: Pastourelle de Clerc Milon
Brand: Château Clerc Milon
Price: 180.34 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

90/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

90/100

The Wine Independent

87/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£180.34
Last Few
2022
6x75cl
DP
£180.34

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

90/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The second wine of Clerc-Milon, a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Carmenère and 1% Petit Verdot, and the élevage was in second-fill barrels for twelve months. The nose is filled with lightly dried berries, vanilla and peppered strawberry. The palate is fresh, charming and accessible, with a finely honed texture supporting a core of ripe and lightly grained tannins with dried berry fruits tinged with leather and crushed chalk. Very approachable, drinkable now or certainly very soon. The alcohol is 14.47%, with 14.5% on the label.

drinking window 2025 - 2034

date of review 06/2025

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Fleshy and flashy merlot, good expansion through the palate, spice, cloves, incense, well balanced. 25.5% of overall crop. No new oak but fully aged in barrel except for 7% amphora.

drinking window 2026 - 2034

date of review 03/2025

90/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Bursting with notes of sweet dark berries, plums, licorice and cigar wrapper, the 2022 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is a medium to full-bodied, rich and ample wine that's juicy, layered and exuberant. This will offer a broad and flamboyant drinking window.

drinking window 2025 - 2035

date of review 03/2025

87/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Pastorelle de Clerc Milon has an open-knit bouquet with black plum, cassis and light pencil shaving scents, with some blue fruit notes emerging with aeration. The palate is well balanced, juicy, ripe and rounded in texture. It feels more Merlot-driven when, in fact, it is 52% Cabernet Sauvignon. The warmth of the vintage shows through a little, giving it a sense of approachability. This can be drunk after one or two years in bottle.

drinking window 2026 - 2036

date of review 02/2025

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.