Clerc Milon 2024
Regular price
$90.00
Clerc Milon, a legendary terroir, two prestigious neighbours and a providential encounter.The history and success of Château Clerc Milon, a Grand Cru Classé of the 1855 classification, can be captured in these three defining elements. Its...
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Clerc Milon, a legendary terroir, two prestigious neighbours and a providential encounter.
The history and success of Château Clerc Milon, a Grand Cru Classé of the 1855 classification, can be captured in these three defining elements. Its terroir is that of Pauillac, home to some of the world’s finest wines. The estate’s 41-hectare vineyard lies on the Mousset hillside, overlooking the Gironde River and benefiting from an ideal microclimate. The soils, composed of deep sandy gravel over a clay-limestone subsoil, provide the perfect foundation for wines of remarkable depth and elegance.
Its neighbours are none other than Mouton Rothschild and Lafite Rothschild—illustrious First Growths whose vines can be seen from the Château’s terrace. And the encounter was with Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who in 1970 acquired this long-neglected estate and undertook its restoration, returning it to its rightful place among the Classified Growths.
The history and success of Château Clerc Milon, a Grand Cru Classé of the 1855 classification, can be captured in these three defining elements. Its terroir is that of Pauillac, home to some of the world’s finest wines. The estate’s 41-hectare vineyard lies on the Mousset hillside, overlooking the Gironde River and benefiting from an ideal microclimate. The soils, composed of deep sandy gravel over a clay-limestone subsoil, provide the perfect foundation for wines of remarkable depth and elegance.
Its neighbours are none other than Mouton Rothschild and Lafite Rothschild—illustrious First Growths whose vines can be seen from the Château’s terrace. And the encounter was with Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who in 1970 acquired this long-neglected estate and undertook its restoration, returning it to its rightful place among the Classified Growths.
The 2024 vintage
Weather conditions :
2024 was a challenging vintage at the beginning and at the end of the growing season, though fortunately the weather turned fair at critical times for quality. The hot, dry and sunny summer caused a water shortage that favoured mature tannins and encouraged the synthesis of anthocyanins. From tilling in spring to harvest, committed people and highly effective technical resources kept us on the front foot and meant that we were never left having to react after the event. That fine-tuned vineyard management helped us to make fresh, highly aromatic, refined and elegant wines that perfectly illustrate the Atlantic expression of the terroirs they come from.
Weather conditions :
2024 was a challenging vintage at the beginning and at the end of the growing season, though fortunately the weather turned fair at critical times for quality. The hot, dry and sunny summer caused a water shortage that favoured mature tannins and encouraged the synthesis of anthocyanins. From tilling in spring to harvest, committed people and highly effective technical resources kept us on the front foot and meant that we were never left having to react after the event. That fine-tuned vineyard management helped us to make fresh, highly aromatic, refined and elegant wines that perfectly illustrate the Atlantic expression of the terroirs they come from.
Tasting notes:
A deep and intense red, the wine has a precise and subtle nose that reveals a complex array of aromas in which notes of bilberry and raspberry are enhanced by touches of mid spice, cedarwood, mocha and chocolate. Beautifully balanced, the texture is both smooth and refined, while the radiant palate offers an elegant structure with highly refined tannins of outstanding purity that bring a lustrous harmony to the whole.
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