- Red Still
- 75.0cl
- 13.5%
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Chateau Clerc Milon 2012 is very deep red with a violet tint. Super-ripe black fruit, spice, dark chocolate and orange blossom aromas mingle harmoniously on the very powerful and complex nose. From a forthright and full-bodied onset, the palate rounds out sweetly on succulent fresh black fruit and liquorice flavours. The wine’s velvet texture enfolds its tannic structure, ensuring balance and great refinement. The long and warm-hearted finish is lifted by intensely fresh acidity and mineral flavours.
From Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
This is another strong effort from the Mouton Rothschild stable and its excellent administrator Philippe Dhalluin. The 2012 Clerc Milon has an almost blackish-blue opaque colour, soft tannins, ripe notes of blackcurrants, liquorice and subtle background oak. There is an attractive floral, liquorice quality to the fruit. The wine is medium to full-bodied and beautifully pure with ripe tannin. It is soft enough to be approachable in several years and should drink well for 20.
- ❖ ABV: 13.5%
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Vintage report
The 2012 growing season in Bordeaux threw every curveball imaginable at the vignerons. Spring arrived with biblical rains that had growers reaching for their wellies more often than their secateurs, followed by a damp summer that kept everyone on edge about disease pressure. Just when despair was setting in, September delivered one of those glorious Indian summers that transforms everything—warm, dry days that allowed the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon to catch up and develop proper flavour concentration. The harvest stretched well into October, with only the most patient producers reaping the rewards.
What emerged was a vintage of surprises rather than superlatives. The Merlot-dominant Right Bank fared better than expected, producing wines with lovely freshness and accessible fruit that never feels forced or overextracted. The Left Bank required more careful selection, but the best châteaux crafted wines with genuine personality—less muscular than the powerhouse years, but with a kind of understated charm that grows on you. These aren't wines for the cellar conquistadors, but they're drinking beautifully now and will continue to reward patient drinkers for another decade.
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