Castle Clerc Milon - Pauillac 2010

Castle Clerc Milon - Pauillac 2010

2010 was a dry but relatively cool year, with no scorching temperatures during the summer. The rather harsh winter gives way to a dry, cool spring that ends with a few rains in mid-June. As of June 21, temperatures are rising and summer conditions continue and July is particularly sunny. In fine weather the last days of July succeed a cloudy month of August, slightly cooler and of great drought. On the 21st of August, the summer returns with strong heat (up to 38 ° on the 25th and 26th) and cool nights, favorable to the good start of the maturation. From 6 to 8 September, a rainy season is welcome and helps to ripen the berries. The acidity decreases, the phenolic maturation is slow but the state sanitatire remains excellent. The fine weather reappears, always accompanied by cool nights, which promotes the quality and synthesis of anthocyanins and aromas until the harvest. After a weak rainy season on September 26th, the grape harvest begins on the 28th in very good conditions and ends on October 13th. Naturally concentrated, the berries are small and their juice, rich and very colorful, is of good acidity. A dryness without dehydration, the exceptional insolation of the vine, cool nights and some rains arrived at the right time, give the year 2010 a remarkable identity. This vintage will thus find a place of choice in the long history of the Grands Crus de Bordeaux. A beautiful suite in 2009 ...