2021 Chateau Clerc-Milon

Name: 2021 Chateau Clerc-Milon
Brand: Chateau Clerc Milon
SKU: 4ea687c08cdcf8369620863544853d50
Price: 130.19 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 92 (15 reviews)

Pauillac, France

- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 87 / 750ml

2.5 from 2 User Ratings
92 / 100 15 Critic Reviews
Style Red - Savory and Classic
Grape Variety Bordeaux Blend Red
Food Pairing Beef and Venison

- Fifth Growth. Cinquieme Grand Cru Classe in 1855. Formerly labeled as Chateau Clerc-Milon-Mondon.
  
  Expert tasting note: (2021 vintage) "The wine has a medium ruby-red color with purple hints at the rim. Initial minty aromas give way to red-plum fruit with meaty & toasty hints. The palate shows juicy black-plum & damson fruit with toasty & cedary touches. A smooth core of red-plum & black-cherry fruit is lifted by fresh acidity. The structure comprises fine, smooth tannins that give some grip. Alcohol is balanced, but rounds out the meaty, red-fruit nature of the finish, which lasts quite well." - 04/22 DCAMW
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Chateau Clerc Milon

2 products ranged between $46 - $106 (Avg. price ex tax)

Region or Appellation

Pauillac

Medoc / Bordeaux / France

Grape Variety / Blend

Bordeaux Blend Red

59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Carmenere & 1.5% Petit Verdot

Style

Red Wine

Red - Savory and Classic

Food Pairing

Beef and Venison

The general rule with all red meat is the leaner the meat, the...

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About the Product

Classification: 5eme Grand Cru Classé
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2048

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13 - 14.5%
Sweetness: Dry

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Harvest date: 22 September - 6 October
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: Soil: gravel and clay limestone.
Vintage Notes: After a mild and wetter-than-average winter, budbreak took place early and evenly in late March. This was followed by a very dry April, including a significant cold spell, fortunately without incidence on our vineyards thanks to the influence of the nearby Gironde estuary. May brought cool and damp weather which slowed vine growth. Flowering consequently took place within the average dates and in excellent conditions resulting from a marked rise in temperature. Unsettled and stormy conditions from mid-June to mid-July activated mildew, which remained virulent until the end of veraison. Fortunately, drought in August and early September halted the disease, while the resulting water stress improved the quality potential of the grapes grown on our gravel soils. This period was crucial for the maturity of the pips, the development of the tannic structure and the appearance of fruit aromas and flavours.

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Harvest Notes: Despite a severe threat of disease at the approach of harvest, the quality of our terroir combined with an alert, responsive and cohesive team of pickers working at a sustained pace enabled us to bring in a healthy crop at optimum maturity.

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Ageing: 18 month
Producer Tasting Notes: The wine is a deep, garnet-hued red. The distinguished and elegant nose expresses cherry, blackcurrant and liquorice aromas mingled with floral notes of violet. The rich and powerful attack reveals a precise and elegant tannic structure on the mid-palate. Refined touches of pepper and cedarwood round off a radiant array of flavours. The beautifully balanced finish lingers long on the palate, heralding excellent ageing potential.

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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine

Steak with Béarnaise sauce Main Course: Contains: beef steak; Western

Lamb leg and shoulder Main Course: With fondant potatoes, green garlic puree and lamb jus; Western

Dexter bone-in-sirloin Main Course: Dark, lean well-marbled beef from a short-legged breed originating in southwest Ireland; Western

Cheddar Cheese Course: British

Details

About the Product

Classification: 5eme Grand Cru Classé
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2048

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13 - 14.5%
Sweetness: Dry

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Harvest date: 22 September - 6 October
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: Soil: gravel and clay limestone.
Vintage Notes: After a mild and wetter-than-average winter, budbreak took place early and evenly in late March. This was followed by a very dry April, including a significant cold spell, fortunately without incidence on our vineyards thanks to the influence of the nearby Gironde estuary. May brought cool and damp weather which slowed vine growth. Flowering consequently took place within the average dates and in excellent conditions resulting from a marked rise in temperature. Unsettled and stormy conditions from mid-June to mid-July activated mildew, which remained virulent until the end of veraison. Fortunately, drought in August and early September halted the disease, while the resulting water stress improved the quality potential of the grapes grown on our gravel soils. This period was crucial for the maturity of the pips, the development of the tannic structure and the appearance of fruit aromas and flavours.

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Harvest Notes: Despite a severe threat of disease at the approach of harvest, the quality of our terroir combined with an alert, responsive and cohesive team of pickers working at a sustained pace enabled us to bring in a healthy crop at optimum maturity.

Read more
Ageing: 18 month
Producer Tasting Notes: The wine is a deep, garnet-hued red. The distinguished and elegant nose expresses cherry, blackcurrant and liquorice aromas mingled with floral notes of violet. The rich and powerful attack reveals a precise and elegant tannic structure on the mid-palate. Refined touches of pepper and cedarwood round off a radiant array of flavours. The beautifully balanced finish lingers long on the palate, heralding excellent ageing potential.

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Critics Scores & Reviews

(15)

2021 vintage

92 / 100

15 scores

95 - 100

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

When to drink: 2025 to 2050

PRO Jancis Robinson

2021 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2025

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93 / 100 Vinum Wine Magazine

2021 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2024

When to drink: 2027 to 2050

Fruchtbetont, expressiv, Cassis, Brombeeren, steinige Noten. Am Gaumen mit Konzentration und Struktur, knackig, präzis, zeigt viel Eleganz und ein rassiges, rotfruchtiges Finish.

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94 / 100 Revista Adega

2021 Vintage Tasted: Aug 2024

Este Grand Cru Classé de 1855 foi adquirido em 1970 pelo Barão Philippe de Rothschild e é formado por 41 hectares com vinhedos 53,5% de Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% de Merlot, 8% de Cabernet Franc, 2% de Petit Verdot e 1,5% de Carménère. O vinho é equilibrado e preciso, com aromas de mirtilo, ervas e flores. Madeira na medida. Em boca, aparece a casca de tangerina. Tudo amparado em taninos polidos e bela acidez. Profundo e com muito potencial de evolução.

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? / 100 James Suckling

2021 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2024

This wine has notes of redcurrants as well as lead pencil, stone and salt. Medium-bodied, with white flowers, racy and firm tannins and balanced acidity. Linear and vivid. A blend of 59% cabernet sauvignon, 28% merlot, 10% cabernet franc, 1.5% petit verdot and 1.5% carmenere. Better in two to four years. Drink after 2027.

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93 / 100 Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch

2021 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2023

Kräftiges Rubin. Die Nase ist fruchtbetont und expressiv, Cassis, Brombeeren, steinige Noten, feine Würze. Im Gaumen satt, mit Konzentration und Struktur, die Frucht ist knackig, die Tannine fein verwoben, sehr präzis, mit viel Eleganz und einem rassigen, rotfruchtigen Finish. Das macht Spass, hat Reserven! 2027-2050 (Verkostet im November 2023 in Zürich bei UGCB)

About Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch

92 / 100 Falstaff

2021 Vintage Tasted: May 2022

Deep garnet, purple reflections at the rim. Fresh red cherries, hints of cassis and precious wood over fresh orange zest. Lean, red berry fruit, vivid tannins, still a little demanding, a touch of cranberry fruit on the finish, salty aftertaste, lively structure; approachable, will improve with time in bottle.

About Falstaff

93 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

2021 Vintage Tasted: May 2022

You already find tobacco leaf, espresso, black plum, cigar box, and currants on the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, elegant and polished. There is a fabulous sense of purity, gentleness in the tannins, and a slight, savory-edge in the finish that accompanies all those ripe berries. This is so good now, It is going to be quite easy to enjoy in its youth. The wine blends 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Petit Verdot and 1.5% Carmenere, 13% ABV. Drink from 2024-2045.

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93 / 100 Jean-Marc Quarin

2021 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2024

When to drink: 2028 to 2048

About Jean-Marc Quarin

94 / 100 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

2021 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2024

When to drink: 2025 to 2040

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91 / 100 Chris Kissack - Winedoctor

2021 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2024

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94 / 100 Alexandre MA

2021 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2023

About Alexandre MA

88 - 90 / 100 The Wine Independent

2021 Vintage Tasted: May 2022

When to drink: 2025 to 2036

About The Wine Independent

93 / 100 Tim Atkin

2021 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2022

For reports and full tasting notes, go to Tim Atkin MW's website.

About Tim Atkin

92 / 100 CellarTracker

2021 Vintage

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User Ratings

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2.5

2 ratings

2021 Chateau Clerc-Milon, Pauillac, France

Good

2021 Vintage Saved: 1-May-2022

The wine has a medium ruby-red color with purple hints at the rim. Initial minty aromas give way to red-plum fruit with meaty & toasty hints. The palate shows juicy black-plum & damson fruit with toasty & cedary touches. A smooth core of red-plum & black-cherry fruit is lifted by fresh acidity. The structure comprises fine, smooth tannins that give some grip. Alcohol is balanced, but rounds out the meaty, red-fruit nature of the finish, which lasts quite well. 04/22 DCAMW

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Vintage Critics Score Avg. Price (ex-tax)

All 93 / 100 $ 108 2024 92 / 100 $ 64 2023 93 / 100 $ 80 2022 94 / 100 $ 108 2021 92 / 100 $ 87 2020 94 / 100 $ 110 2019 94 / 100 $ 114 2018 94 / 100 $ 118 2017 92 / 100 $ 100

2016 94 / 100 $ 121 2015 92 / 100 $ 122 2014 92 / 100 $ 114 2013 89 / 100 $ 101 2012 91 / 100 $ 110 2011 90 / 100 $ 110 2010 93 / 100 $ 132 2009 93 / 100 $ 126 2008 90 / 100 $ 110 2007 88 / 100 $ 106 2006 90 / 100 $ 104 2005 92 / 100 $ 122 2004 90 / 100 $ 117 2003 90 / 100 $ 126 2002 89 / 100 $ 96 2001 89 / 100 $ 116 2000 90 / 100 $ 165 1999 89 / 100 $ 128 1998 89 / 100 $ 129 1997 87 / 100 $ 91 1996 89 / 100 $ 142 1995 89 / 100 $ 126 1994 87 / 100 $ 91 1993 87 / 100 $ 98 1992 86 / 100 $ 113 1991 83 / 100 $ 136 1990 90 / 100 $ 157 1989 89 / 100 $ 140 1988 89 / 100 $ 105 1987 – $ 85 1986 91 / 100 $ 182 1985 91 / 100 $ 83 1984 – $ 59 1983 88 / 100 $ 94 1982 89 / 100 $ 173 1981 88 / 100 $ 120 1980 – $ 136 1979 91 / 100 – 1978 90 / 100 $ 72 1977 – $ 76 1976 91 / 100 $ 169 1975 86 / 100 $ 77 1974 – $ 170 1973 – $ 120 1972 91 / 100 – 1971 – – 1970 89 / 100 $ 125 1967 – $ 190 1966 – $ 220 1964 – $ 144 1963 – – 1962 – – 1961 76 / 100 – 1960 – – 1959 – $ 387 1958 – – 1955 – – 1952 – – 1950 – – 1949 – – 1940 – – 1855 – $ 197

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2021 Vintage: Bordeaux Learn more

Vintage quality: Good

Current condition: Keep

For Bordeaux, the 2021 vintage posed several challenges for the vignerons of Bordeaux, but with careful viticulture and much hard work some very good wines were made. Over the course of the vintage, producers had to battle frosts, millerandage and mildew, and vineyard geography pr...

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