FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

BORDEAUX LEFTBANK

CHÂTEAUCLERCMILON, 5ÈMECRU PAUILLAC 2019 DRINK2027- 2038

6x75 £312

The blend this year is 72%Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 4%Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, harvested from the 19th of September to the 9th of October. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Clerc Milon starts out a little closed and broody, offering notes of tar, chargrill, tapenade andMarmite toast over an emerging core of stewed plums, black cherries and kirsch with a touch of garrigue. The medium-bodied palate delivers loads of freshness with crunchy black fruits and a lively line, backed up by grainy tannins, finishing long and savory.

Pauillac

Pauillac is almost the seat of power in Bordeaux. Home to 3 of the 5 first growths from the 1855 classification. It uses the aromatics of its northern neighbour St Estephe and the textural elegance and charmof its southern neighbours, St. Julien andMargaux. It balances this perfectly andmakes textbook claret. You would expect to find cassis and cigar box flavours in Pauillac wines.

—LISAPERROTTI-BROWN

WA92-94+ POINTS

PAUILLAC

KEY CHÂTEAUX Latour, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild, Haut-Batailley, Pontet Canet and Lynch-Bages

AREA UNDER VINE

1,200ha

11

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