Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2015 vintage in PauillacA hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit.
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Jeb Dunnuck94
- Wine Advocate93
- Vinous92
- Wine Spectator90
The 2015 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 93/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit.
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 wine is a crystal-clear garnet red with violet highlights.
The fresh and elegant nose exudes ripe morello cherry aromas, followed by subtle notes of liquorice and toast to complete a rich and complex yet light and airy bouquet.
Initially refined and silky, the palate gathers power on finely chiselled tannins wrapped in crisp flavours of red fruit, dark chocolate and dried flowers.
The rich and harmonious palate leads into a stylish and succulent finish with a slightly minty freshness.
Blend of the 2015 vintage
- 51 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 34 % Merlot
- 13 % Cabernet Franc
- 1 % Petit Verdot
- 1 % Carmenère
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2015 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.
Winemaking
Harvest from 17 September to 6 October 2015.
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 2015
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 28, 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.