CHÂTEAU CLERC MILON 2014
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Château Clerc Milon 2014
“This property continues its upward trend. It is a solid wine, packed with great ripe fruit. Old vines give extra concentration and depth of flavor. The wine has great potential, with both its tannins and rich fruit playing strongly. Drink from 2023.” – 94/100, Wine Enthusiast
VARIETIES: 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenère, average vine age 40 years
REGION: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
AGEING: 50% in new barrels during 16 month/s
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 10 years
SERVE: Serve at 16 – 18ºC
FITS TO: Grilled or roasted lamb and a well-chosen Pauillac wine as good a pairing as it gets, also a perfect wine with not overly seasoned meat dishes, such as marbled steak, roasted duck and game
CRITICS SCORES: 94/WE, 94/JS, 92/RP, 92/WS, 92/D, 92/JD
VIVINO: Average 4.2 ★★★★✰
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5ᵉ Grand Cru Classé – 1855, Pauillac Appellation | Range | Château Clerc Milon
Vintage 2014
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild passed away in August 2014 at the age of 80 years, from the effects of a serious operation.
2014 will be remembered as a year of contrasts.
Spring arrived in due course after a typical Bordeaux winter, though April was much sunnier and drier than the average. A wet and cool May was followed by a spell of bright and sunny weather, despite some highly localised heavy rainfall, mainly due to storms on 22 and 23 June. The weather in summer was very changeable. July was generally fine and slightly warmer than the average, whereas August was quite a lot cooler and much less sunny, though drier, than normal. With the end of August came one of the longest and most exceptional Indian summers in winegrowing memory, bringing a succession of hot, sunny and dry days which lasted until the end of October. Warm weather in April encouraged early budbreak, especially for the Merlot, while the extraordinary late season enabled the grapes to reach perfect maturity, retaining all the fruit flavours and favouring phenolic compounds. The harvest took place in ideal conditions, leaving plenty of time to pick the grapes at optimum maturity.
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