I’ve had the 1995 and 2000 and both were excellent wines with the slight edge to the 2000. Both were good value plays, and good wines in general. So I don’t think it’s a recent phenomenon…
By virtue of its elder sibling it’s always going to be somewhat in a shadow, but there were years, such as (the especially good) 1990, where it has gone head to head with Mouton. And Mouton’s new winemaker was previously in charge of Clerc Milon, it’s worth noting.
Yup, 100% agree. Big fan of d’Armailhac as well. I should buy more Clerc Milon, but have lots of d’Armailhac across a fair number of vintages. Somehow I ended up with a case of 2012 at clearance of $20 per. A crazy price.
Back in the day, James Suckling was yuge on the 1995 CM, with 95pts @ $25 in the 1998 Top 100.
“Like smelling a delicious raspberry sauce with hints of coffee and smoke, and the wine that follows is wonderfully structured, muscular and well toned. Full-bodied, with sleek and racy tannins and a long, characterful aftertaste. One of the top buys of the vintage. Best after 2001. 15,000 cases made. —JS”
Both wines are very good and in your wheelhouse. Though by 2009/2010, Clerc Milon became better than d’Armailhac . Clerc added new gravity cellars a few years ago. Today they offer more finesse and purity, plus they added a second wine.
Knowing you read my site on a daily basis you were already aware of that.
Weird thing … I clicked on Jeff’s link and was brought to wine.com. I hit “back” on my browser, and tried again, this time holding down the CTL button while I clicked so the link opened in a new tab, and was brought to the correct page. Weird.
That happened to me yesterday on my iPhone-a few times actually. I refreshed the page and the links worked correctly after.
Clerc Milon-I had picked up a 2015 at Total Wine many months ago and finally got around to trying it about a week ago-I was very impressed. Of course the 2015 is long sold out now, but I’ll keep an eye out for it in the future.
Thank you all for the response…I recently purchased a case each of the 2005 and 2010 vintage Clerc Milon, I suspect I shouldn’t be touching these for another five or so years in the case of the 2005?