2002 Clerc Milon
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The 2002 Clerc Milon comes across a bit fatigued on the nose, especially when compared directly with the d’Armailhac. It does meliorate with aeration and thankfully does gain some vigour. The palate is medium-bodied with quite ripe tannins that frame minty black fruit, touches of liquorice on the finish that is sweeter than expected. If the aromatics were better, than this would deserve a higher score. Tasted at the château.
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A bit riper on the nose than its stablemate d’Armailhac. Sweet and round and a little bloody/salty. A bit obdurate. (JR)
A bit sweet and more suppressed than the other wines from the Mouton stable, d'Armailhac and Petit Mouton. Just slightly more tarty. Tarry. Not as ambitious as the first two in this flight, but the wine has an attractive dry finish. (JR)
About the producer
Ch. Clerc Milon was purchased by Baron Philippe Rothschild in 1970. Today the 41-hectare vineyard, sandwiched between First Growths Ch. Lafite Rothschild and Ch. Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac, is one of Bordeaux’s most impressive Fifth Growths