Why this vintage
- 94/100 from James Sucklingand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in PauillacFrost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Critic scores
- James Suckling94
- Vinous94
- Wine Advocate93
- Jeb Dunnuck92
The 2021 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 86/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
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 deep, garnet-hued red.
The distinguished and elegant nose expresses cherry, blackcurrant and liquorice aromas mingled with floral notes of violet.
The rich and powerful attack reveals a precise and elegant tannic structure on the mid-palate.
Refined touches of pepper and cedarwood round off a radiant array of flavours.
The beautifully balanced finish lingers long on the palate, heralding excellent ageing potential.
Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 59 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 28 % Merlot
- 10 % Cabernet Franc
- 1.5 % Petit Verdot
- 1.5 % Carmenère
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 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 22 September to 6 October 2021.
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 2021
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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.