Peter Maude Fine Wines
2025, Château Clerc-Milon, PAUILLAC, 5ème Grand Cru Classé
$147.20 inc. GST
2025 is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot 8% Cabernet Franc.
Raspberries and red cherries on the nose with some rose petal aromas. Juicy and alive, great energy and brightness straight away, so generous, plump, a little darker on the palate with some dark chocolate, liquorice, blackcurrant and hints of cedar and bitterness. But equally the acidity is pronounced giving this real lift. Energetic with a mineral edged acidity. Dynamic and vibrant, great tannic frame, lively and so compelling.
95 Georgina Hindle, Decanter
“The 2025 Clerc Milon has turned out beautifully, offering up notes of dark berries, petals and orange zest, framed by a deft touch of new oak. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated, with lively acids and a chalky finish.
93-95 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
The 2025 Clerc Milon's oak shows a little more than the d'Armailhac at the moment, though that will be subsumed with time. The palate is very rounded and supple on the entry, a mixture of red and black fruit, a little white pepper and tobacco, gaining more weight towards the finish with a sustained aftertaste. I feel this might have the edge over the d'Armailhac this vintage—let's see.
92-94 Neal Martin.