Château Clerc Milon - Pauillac 2006

Wine Advocate

90 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/31/2016

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London.The 2006 Château Clerc-Milon has a very respectable bouquet: red fruit rather than black, laced with tobacco, woodland and dried herbs aromas, quite Saint Julien-like in style. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet, succulent opening: blackberry and raspberry fruit laced with salt and a dash of white pepper that leave the mouth tingling on the Merlot-driven finish. Tasted January 2016.

Jancis Robinson

17.50 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe1/27/2010

Mid crimson. Very solid and 'masculine' with muted, obdurate, leathery notes. Then lovely texture and freshness with real depth and class. Still a little note of greenness on the finish but good stuff. Drink 2012-2020

Wine Spectator

91 / 100

the3/31/2009

Offers a gorgeous nose of crushed blueberry and cream, with a hint of milk chocolate. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a pretty finish. Best after 2014.

Wine Advocate

91 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/1/2009

From the same stable as Mouton Rothschild and d’Armailhac, Clerc Milon, despite the relatively high percentage of Merlot (44%) combined with 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Cabernet Franc, is dense, rich, tannic, and backward. Surprisingly muscular for this offering, which often exhibits a more precocious side, it offers up abundant amounts of creme brulee, chocolate, cedar, and black currants. This full-bodied Pauillac displays gorgeous purity and depth as well as moderately high tannins in the finish. Because of its freshness, structure, and density, it is reminiscent of a 1996 Medoc. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2028. 91+

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

89-91 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2008

Ruby-red. Plum, currant, graphite, cedar and smoky, nutty oak on the nose. Big, round and spicy, with lovely mid-palate fat and sweetness to the enticing currant and coffee flavors. This has very good breadth, although Dhalluin finds it "vertical" today and feels it has suffered more from the recent fining than either d'Armailhac or Mouton. But there's excellent supporting material here for the wine's tannins.

La Revue du Vin de France

16-17 / 20

the7/6/2007

Il joue la rondeur, l'exubérance et la suavité de bouche, avec un joli gras et des tanins sphériques. Très joli vin qui évoluera parfaitement.

Decanter Magazine

17.50 / 20

the6/30/2007

Deep colour, rich cassis nose with spicy plumpness and very seductive fruit with ripe tannins to hold it. More sensual than in 2005. 2012-25

Le Point

14 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe5/24/2007

Epices, prune, cerise noire, bouche tendre, assez fraîche en attaque, les tanins sont plus rugueux en finale. A ce stade, c'est inconstestablement un pauillac pur jus, mais il lui manque un peu d'amabilité. A revoir après élevage.

Wein Wisser

18 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe5/7/2007

2016-2030. Sehr dunkles Granat mit bläulichem Schimmer. Sanft kühles Bouquet, Heidelbeeren, Cassis-Stauden, florale Noten darunter, vanillig stützendes Karamell, fein und komplex im Ansatz. cremiger Gaumen, wunderschön geschliffene Gerbstoffe, hervorragende Balance, viel Finessen, von der Art dem 1994er Mouton gleichend, langes Finale. Kein Wein, der für den scwierigen Jahrgang Fragen aufwirft, sondern ein fraglos genialer, grosser Clerc-Milon.

Falstaff

88-90 / 100

the5/3/2007

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, jugendliche Reflexe, violetter Rand. In der Nase feine, mit Vanille unterlegte Kirschenfrucht, zart nach Gewürznelken, würzige Anklänge. Am Gaumen saftige Weichselfucht, elegant, bereits sehr balanciert, feine Tannine, frische, zart zitronige Säurestruktur, mittlere Länge, sehr gastronomischer Stil.

Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe5/3/2007

A brilliant success for Clerc-Milon, this deep ruby/purple-hued blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc exhibits notes of espresso roast, chocolate, cedar, and copious amounts of black currant fruit. It is a medium to full-bodied, pure, rich, layered, intense effort built along the lines of the 1996, but with more forward fruit at present. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2025.

Wine Advocate

88-90 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2007

Tasted at Mouton Rothschild. A touch of brine on the nose that is a little pinched, then a barnyard note that I rarely find on Clerc Milon. The palate has good concentration through, good acidity and a touch of liquorish on the mid-palate. More savoury that I expected: this Clerc Milon has character but misses a little breeding.

TAST

16 / 20

the4/30/2007

Un échantillon très fatigué, deux autres remarquables par leur définition aromatique, leur velouté de texture, leurs notes très profondes et terriennes si caractéristiques de ce terroir. Il devrait même dépasser Armailhac avec le temps.

Vinum

15.50 / 20

the4/30/2007

Frisch, herb, mit kantigen, etwas grünen Tanninen. 2014 bis 2018

Wine Enthusiast

91-93 / 100

the4/15/2007

Darkly tannic, but constructed so that the fresh black currant Cabernet fruits shine through. A solid wine but enlivened but ripe acidity. —R.V.

Jancis Robinson

16 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe4/12/2007

Notably deep crimson with a pale rim. Not much nose though it gives the impression of some density underneath. Quite well handled but pretty tough and embryonic – as though this wine got all the press wine. Pretty severe and at this stage ungracious. Obviously more ambitious than the Armailhac from the same, Mouton stable but all structure and no fruit for the moment. Drink 2015-22. 16+

Wine Spectator

89-91 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe3/29/2007

Very good amount of plum and chocolate character on the nose and palate. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins. Medium finish. Pretty core of fruit.