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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 154 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Ara Kafafian on 3/31/2024 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. Just as profound as the last time I had this in 2021. Very complex, ripe and long. Still sweet yet the tannins have melted away. A silky smooth crowd pleasing Pauillac that will easily hold until 2030 if not longer. A bargain at the time costing $55 CAD. Another one of those wines you wished you owned more. One of the better 1996's. (294 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 5/23/2023 & rated 90 points: A reminder of old Bordeaux this wine remains quite stern despite its years in the cellar. The nose is slow to reveal classic notes of blackcurrant, dark plum, cedar and tobacco. The palate is quite rich and has nice complexity but is held in check by a stern wall of tannins despite hours in the decanter. The finish is quite persistent highlighting the pedigree of this wine. A real throwback to the 70s ! (1738 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 5/7/2023: Similar to last note.
Still a lovely wine with some brightness and classic Bordeaux qualities. (1573 views) | | | Tasted by mark_m_owen on 4/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Still no sign of this fading. Awesome from a magnum. (1596 views) | | | Tasted by Brett Pitt on 3/25/2023 & rated 93 points: Surprisingly „young“ at age 27! Still not all tanins completely resolved but of course balanced and tasty with a lot of Pauillac power. (1661 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 10/26/2022 flawed bottle: Sadly corked! Last of this case so very sad :-( (2415 views) | | | Tasted by winestorage.it on 7/19/2022 & rated 91 points: When you have the pleasure of drinking a 96 Clerc Milon from good aging, it's incredibly fun. Just recently enjoyed from a small bottle. A feast of tertiary aromatics. My tip: Who has, drink up.
winestorage.it (1772 views) | | | Tasted by ilcalmo on 7/9/2022 & rated 93 points: Very classic Bordeaux, and for a vintage that can be unapproachable still, surprisingly ready to drink. (1700 views) | | | Tasted by ilcalmo on 6/26/2022 & rated 92 points: In a really nice place right now. Blind, actually got a lot of Dunn guesses, which should give you an idea of the flavor profile. Could go a little longer if you're so inclined, but no need to wait. (1757 views) | | | Tasted by DugyDog on 5/19/2022 & rated 93 points: Delicious. No wet cork issues. Definite barnyard upon opening (in a good way). Little to no bricking. Secondary aromas and flavors of tobacco leaf, wet forest floor. Finish long. Great wine experience (1913 views) | | | Tasted by Richard Nabavi on 5/18/2022 & rated 93 points: At Otto's Restaurant Mature Bordeaux dinner
Still a good colour. Superb Pauillac bouquet. Vanilla, tobacco and fruit on the palate. The finish is quite long but a little austere. Fully mature, but no great hurry to drink up. (1525 views) | | | Tasted by Vizionista on 5/10/2022: Cork not wet as others had mentioned. The age is starting to show with slight bricking. Definite barnyard odor on opening but was gone after 30 minutes if decanting.
Good ruby colour slightly diminished. Very typical in most cases. Wonderful long finish. I wish I had more! (1350 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 4/4/2022: Monday Evening with Carbonara and Doctor Who: Cork wet through. Bought 4 of these at auction and was worried - not a good bottle had so far and not a promising start. Colour fading purple just starting to see bricking. On the nose - a tad fecal with real mustiness - TCA? Don’t think so but definitely old bottle smell. After a few minutes it starts to transform - I was going to say “pull itself together” but this is more than that. Proper mature claret - the nose cleans up and it’s all cigar box and pine forest floor on a spring morning. The palate though - it’s just long and draws you in, invites admiration but also fills you with joy. Like seeing an old friend for the first time in decades and you don’t stop laughing from the beginning of the evening to the end.
It’s absurd to ever say that wine is a “pleasure you can’t buy” - but in this case I will say it. Everything it should be and giving an emotional pleasure that claret so rarely affords. Makes up for the two duff bottles for sure. (1531 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 3/20/2022: A touch of barnyard quickly blows off revealing deep cassis and ripe raspberry notes with wet earth, new leather, and a cedar.
On the palate, this is fairly well integrated with medium body, chalky tannin, and medium acidity.
Great wine with some time left. Enjoy over the next 10+ years. (1266 views) | | | Tasted by AndrewWill on 3/20/2022 & rated 90 points: Second bottle. A point or two higher than last time. The acidity was a bit abrasive upon opening, but dissipated after half an hour in the decanter. Left the wine with a pleasant, bright cherry flavor and cedar shavings aroma. A good wine, but outclassed by a 2004 Lynch Bages I had yesterday. (1183 views) | | | Tasted by silhouette88 on 2/23/2022 & rated 91 points: Discovered soaked cork upon opening. Was worried the wine may have been tainted but was not. Decanted for 45 minutes.
Aroma: initial smell of mustiness then raspberries, plums, apples, cloves, chocolate, menthol, tobacco, forest floor, wet stone and graphite.
Palate: citrus fruits, earthy, woody, bright acidity, well-integrated tannins with a medium-length finish. For a 26 years old wine it didn’t have a whole lot of sediment and you can still taste some of the fruit. It smelled better than it tasted. Perhaps it would have been better paired with food. 91 (1219 views) | | | Tasted by sdwineguru on 2/15/2022 & rated 91 points: 1996 Chateau Clerc Milon, Pauillac. (46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenere). Similar to previous note. Light-mid ruby, amber edges, some viscosity (12.5 alc.); earthy, tobacco, leather, black fruit nose; light-mid acids; softening tannins; semi-short black fruit, wood finish; faded fast. w/filet and mushroom sauce. 16.5 UC Davis scale, 91 other scales. (1254 views) | | | Tasted by AndrewWill on 2/11/2022 & rated 89 points: Pleasant nose of cherry, wet stone, leather, smoke, moldy basement. Palate shows some depth. Hints of dark fruit, prunes, earth. A mouth aroma of classic graphite. Tannins fully integrated. A little short and a little thin. Still good but drink now. (1217 views) | | | Tasted by sdwineguru on 10/16/2021 & rated 91 points: Pauillac 1996 Château Clerc Milon ($62 in 1999). Light-mid brick, amber edges; earthy, tobacco, leather, smoke nose, hint of mint (46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenere); soft-mid acids; softening tannins; decent fruit and flavor; a little short and thin on the finish. 16.5 UC Davis scale, 91 other scales. (1606 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 9/23/2021 & rated 90 points: Deep ruby, and some edge fading. Fresh herbs and berries on the nose, yet palate gets very savoury and spicy of pepper, paprika, and grilled meats, with a bit of blackberry fruits towards the back. Full bodied, and soft tannins. Medium, spice-driven finish (1453 views) | | | Tasted by Mon.Maultiere on 6/29/2021 & rated 93 points: Drunk with rack of lamb, crushed new potatoes and fresh green vegetables. Deep, bright garnet with some bricking to rim. Bouquet of good intensity with blueberries, forest fruits, black plums and some meaty notes. Tannins fully mellowed and acidity still present, keeping the wine quite lively. The meaty savouriness became more apparent with time in air making it very moorish. Great balance, complexity and length. Still very good on day 2 and 3 - so at its peak but with plenty of life in it yet. A truly harmonious wine with great structure. (1814 views) | | | Tasted by Comte Flaneur on 6/28/2021 & rated 90 points: A glass half full, or half empty? A perfectly acceptable 1996 Pauillac with good equilibrium, and a fine food wine, but there is little ambition on display with this wine, when other neighbouring estates like GPL were reaping the opportunities provided by the 1996 vintage to make superb wines. A little anonymous and outclassed by the Duhart Milon in the same flight, which has more in common with Lafite than the Clerc has with Mouton. I think this estate is displaying incrementally more ambition in more recent vintages but perhaps the underlying philosophy remains conservative because Clerc Milon must remain in the shadow of Mouton? (1912 views) | | | Tasted by Paul D on 6/28/2021 & rated 92 points: Gareth's Bordeaux Dinner - Hawksmoor Guildhall (Hawksmoor, Guildhall, London): Cool fruited, reserved nose. Medium bodied, elegant and classic, dark fruit, mineral, quite linear but with softish tannins, decent length. Excellent. (1946 views) | | | Tasted by Ara Kafafian on 6/6/2021 & rated 92 points: Double decanted 5 hours, at first wine seemed to be slightly tainted then after 5 minutes of aeration in the glass, taint notes had disappeared. Deep ruby color with a slight brick rim, still seems young. Rich and ripe, forest floor, mushrooms, graphite, red berries, pencil shavings ending on a lengthy powerful finish. I must correct the drink by 2018 drinking window in wine searcher. This wine is drinking perfectly now but has enough meat on the bones to last another 5 years if not more. (1587 views) | | | Tasted by Lype on 5/15/2021: Promisingly open and attractive nose, the palate is extracted, filled with bright and clear cut red berry driven flauvors complemented by cedar, cassis and pencil shavings, hints of vanillin, a classic Pauillac taste profile indeed, tannins are present but the ample fruit component together with the good acidity make this a well structured and sturdy claret. Really enjoyable now and plenty of years left in it. (1601 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Clerc Milon Producer website - Read more about Chateau Clerc Milon
Vineyard map on weinlagen-infoRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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