Pauillac · vintage 2008
Château Clerc Milon 2008
Ageing potential20+ years
Why this vintage
- The 2008 vintage in PauillacA bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.
- Ageing potential20+ years
The 2008 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.
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 pretty garnet color supported by some purple reflections. Highlighting its high proportion of Merlot, Château Clerc Milon 2008 opens on the nose with intense aromas of red fruits, almost jammy, which mingle with delicate notes of roasting. The palate is round, perfectly structured with fruity aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant. The tannic structure, very present, contributes to the overall balance of the wine whose finish, long and tasty, suggests a wine with great ageing potential.
Blend of the 2008 vintage
- 42 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 40 % Merlot
- 16 % Cabernet franc
- 2 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2008 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot, carménère — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2008 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 40 yrsVine age
Label
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.
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Texts and documents 2008
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.