TN: 2006 Château Clerc Milon (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac)

[JimHow]

• 2006 Château Clerc Milon - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (7/18/2010)
  I'll upgrade this by a point in my most recent tasting. I still like the 2006 d'Armailhac a notch better, but this Clerc Milon is a pretty classically-styled Pauillac. Its tannins are a bit sharp, but the cassis and currant stands up to the structure of the wine in the end. It probably will be solid for another decade before declining. (90 pts.)

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[stefan]

So you have changed your mind about Clerc Milon, Jim? It is no longer a wine to be shunned?

I always liked Clerc Milon OK, but, unlike D'Armailhac, it is a wine that requires patience.

[rjsussex]

I found Clerc 06 subtle and quite marked by its Merlot. Good wine.

Richard

[JimHow]

As you know I've never been a big Clerc Milon fan, Stefan, but I liked a bottle of the 2004 that someone brought to a blanquito dinner a couple years ago. I also remember liking a 1985 Clerc Milon late on a Saturday night after a BWE convention dinner in some hotel in some city. I don't remember much beyond that other than that Nic was in the room....