Château Clerc Milon 2007

The 2007 vintage in Pauillac

Vintage benchmark: 83/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)

Vintage character: A cool, wet summer demanded strict selection: light, delicious wines, to be drunk young.

Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.

Tasting

The color is dark, a beautiful ruby with plum highlights. The nose, concentrated and dense, opens with aromas of forest fruits, notes of fleshy crushed cherries and blackcurrant berries. A mixture of spices and pepper mixes with floral notes of lilac as well as vanilla and gives the wine its complexity. On the palate, flavors of red and black fruits are highlighted by supple and dense tannins. In the mid-palate, freshness precedes a long, liquorice finish, elegant oak character and notes of mocha.

Blend of the 2007 vintage

Figures from the 2007 sheet

• 13 % vol.Alcohol
• 52 yrsVine age

Winemaking

After manual sorting, the grape berries are transferred to the vats using mobile vats. The 40-vat gravity vat allows for reduced handling and pumping: their integrity being better ensured, the berries thus retain all their flavors.

Ageing

The ageing of Château Clerc Milon takes place over a period of 16 to 18 months and 40% in new oak barrels.

Terroir

Château Clerc-Milon is a 5ème cru classé of 1855 in the Pauillac appellation, which alone holds three premiers crus and many other crus classés. Made up of gravelly and sandy ridges, often ideally exposed, this terroir produces wines that combine power and structure with elegance and finesse. Château Clerc-Milon, whose vines lie immediately next to those of the premiers crus Mouton and Lafite, belongs to Mouton-Rothschild, which applies the same rigour in viticulture and winemaking. The plantings at Château Clerc-Milon are 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Carménère.