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Château Clerc Milon — Pauillac
Pauillac · France

Château Clerc Milon

Vineyard blend
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Carménère

Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page. The estate does not publish the share of each grape variety: they are listed without proportions.

Bottle of Château Clerc Milon

Parcel plate

Château Clerc Milon — parcel plate by grape variety

Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation 3 to 31 m · average slope 2.3°

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Why buy it

The wine

Now one of the most sought-after crus of its appellation, Château Clerc Milon has acquired a nobility and a richness comparable to those of the very best.

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.

Estate figures

2025 vintage figures

Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.

Best critic scores

Vintages on record

VintageBest scoreVintage characterTechnical sheet
202593-95 Wine AdvocateA dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.fiche · PDF
202494-95 James SucklingA rainy spring and a difficult flowering reduced the crop; the dry October saved fine, light, easy-drinking wines.fiche · PDF
202396 James SucklingJuly mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
202194 James SucklingFrost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.PDF français
201996 James SucklingA hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here.fiche · PDF
201896 James SucklingAfter a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.PDF français
201794 Wine AdvocateApril frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.fiche · PDF
201696 James SucklingA very wet winter followed by a sun-drenched summer produced a rare balance, combining the depth of great years with genuine freshness.fiche · PDF
2014A gloomy summer redeemed by an Indian summer: the cabernets are radiant and the freshness is true to the Médoc.fiche · PDF
2013Coulure, mildew, then rain during the harvest: a light vintage, ready to drink.fiche · PDF
2012A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.fiche · PDF
201194 Wine EnthusiastA scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type.fiche · PDF
2010A dry summer and cool nights concentrated small berries: a benchmark vintage, with dense tannins and a thirty-year aging potential.fiche · PDF
2009A sun-drenched season from start to finish gave opulent, fleshy wines, immediately appealing yet built for the cellar.fiche · PDF
2008A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.fiche · PDF
2007A cool, wet summer demanded strict selection: light, delicious wines, to be drunk young.fiche · PDF
200691 VinousRain at véraison followed by a dry September gave classic, balanced wines with fine freshness, without the density of 2005.fiche · PDF
200596 Jeb DunnuckDrought without any halt in ripening, together with cool nights, gave a legendary vintage: concentrated, with firm tannins and very long aging potential.fiche · PDF
2004High yields and a dry September gave a classic, unexaggerated vintage, straightforward, now at its peak.fiche · PDF
2003The historic heatwave halted ripening in young vines: very ripe, low-acid wines, at their best in Saint-Estèphe, where the clays held on to freshness.fiche · PDF

“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.

Other cuvées from the estate

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Texts and documents 2025

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Technical sheet (PDF)
Visuals

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Other châteaux in Pauillac

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.