CHATEAU CLERC MILON 5eme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac 2008 Bottle

Description

Château Clerc Milon 2008 is a remarkable wine that showcases the best of Pauillac, receiving 93 points from Wine Enthusiast. Roger Voss describes it as dark, deep, and dense, featuring the right balance of wood, blackberry juice, and a pure line of acidity, maintaining freshness despite its weightiness. Decanter scores it 92 points, praising the lush black fruits and roasted coffee bean edge, complemented by hints of tobacco leaf and a succulent finish. Vinous rates it 91 points, highlighting its intense pencil lead nose and medium-bodied palate with supple tannins. Jancis Robinson scores it 17+, noting strong liquorice scents and a grip from the tannins. This age-worthy wine is expected to develop beautifully over the coming years.

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WINE ENTHUSIAST 93 points
The wine is dark, deep, rich and dense. It has just the right wood element, black berry juice and a pure line of acidity. It is weighty for a 2008, while keeping the freshness. — Roger Voss

DECANTER 92 points
Tasted by: Jane Anson (at BI, London, 01 Jan 2018) Part of How Bordeaux 2008 wines taste now: 70 top names rated
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2034
2008 was not quite at the level of brilliance we see from Clerc Milon today, but this is an excellent wine nonetheless. It opens and uncurls to reveal lush and dense black fruits with a roasted coffee bean edge. It's not at the cold ash stage yet, but has certainly developed glowing embers and a gentle hint of tobacco leaf. There is succulence to the finish, and the tannins are still evident in that squeeze of acidity.

VINOUS 91 points
The 2008 Clerc-Milon has an intense pencil lead nose that is just quintessential Pauillac. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, dense black fruit, closing in towards the finish where I would have just liked more complexity and precision to show through. Give this another year or two in bottle. (Tasted at BI Wine & Spirit’s annual 10-Year On tasting.) - Neal Martin

JANCIS ROBINSON 17+ points
Strong liquorice scent with a touch of tomato stalk too. Blackcurrant and cherry with a nice lick of savoury spice to finish. The tannins still give plenty of grip – this has many years ahead of it. (RH)

THE WINE ADVOCATE 90 points
Drink Date: 2011 - 2026
The dense ruby/purple-tinged 2008 Clerc Milon offers attractive aromas of toast, black currants and forest floor. Deep, full-bodied, rich, elegant and moderately tannic, this impressively endowed 2008 is an outstanding success from the Mouton Rothschild staff (who are responsible for making this wine). It will benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age and should drink well for 15 years. Robert M. Parker, Jr.