Chateau Clerc Milon Rothschild 1998

ANTONIO GALLONI: "The 1998 Clerc Milon has a clean and pure bouquet: perfumed, rose-petal tinged blackberry and raspberry fruit intermixed with sage, sandalwood and a hint of the estuary (mudflats and kelp). The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, well judged acidity, good structure and with plenty of tobacco and forest floor notes on the finish. There is commendable substance here, a Clerc-Milon that has aged well and will continue to give pleasure over the next decade. This is probably the best example of several that I have encountered. Tasted at the château:"

WEINWISSER: WEINWISSER:"Tiefes, sattes Violett mit lila Reflexen am Rand. Komplexes, dichtes und reifes Cabernet-Bouquet, Brombeertöne, Cassis, darunter schwarze Schokonote (reifer Merlot). Im Gaumen saftig, Black Currant im schmelzigen Extrakt, fette Tannine, tolle Aromatik, ausgeglichene, aber in sich noch sehr kernige Adstringenz, Spuren von leicht grünen Tanninen aufweisend, genügend Kraft zeigend, um dieses Manko auszugleichen."