Pastourelle De Clerc Milon 2018 6 Pack

93 POINTS

James Suckling

This is a beautiful and incredibly fruity wine with crushed currants and blackberries. Full body.

92 POINTS

James Suckling

A pretty red with lovely density and intensity, offering lead pencil, blackcurrants and cherries. Medium-bodied with firm tannins and a fresh finish. Second wine of Clerc Milon. Drink or hold.

91 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2018 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is plump, juicy and absolutely delicious, all of which makes it ideally suited to the restaurant trade for which it is intended. Dark cherry, plum, chocolate, licorice and dark spice build as this creamy, voluptuous Pauillac shows off its alluring personality. The Pastourelle is sold only as a finished wine (and not en primeur), when the château deems it ready to drink, which is usually after a few years in bottle.

91 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2018 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is a pretty, fruity wine loaded with near and medium-term appeal. Juicy dark cherry, red plum, spice, leather and licorice are front and center. The Merlot-based Pastourelle is released a few years after the vintage, when the winemaking team believes it is ready to drink.

90 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter Magazine

This is an enjoyable wine with rich and well-place fruit, succulent tannins and liquorice and woodsmoke adding an appealing twist of sweet approachability. It’s a good stepping stone to Clerc Milon as second wines should be. Harvest took place between 17 September and 10 October.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW - Wine Advocate

The 2018 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is composed of 61% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, it rapidly unfolds in the glass, revealing notions of tilled soil, fallen leaves, charcoal and sautéed herbs over a core of redcurrant jelly and plum preserves, plus a waft of lavender. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers compelling tension with chewy tannins and loads of savory layers on the finish.

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2018 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon has a more open bouquet than it did out of barrel, offering brambly red fruit, undergrowth and light gravelly scents. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly raw tannins on the entry and good acidity. A rather angular Pastourelle that will benefit from a couple of years in bottle to round out its edges. [This will not be released for three or four years, by which time I think it will be more melded together.]

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2018 Pastorelle de Clerc Milon has a very tight , backward bouquet that for me was a little overawed by the preceding 2018 d’Armailhac. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and a fine line of acidity, suppler than the 2017, and showing good density on the finish. Perhaps at the moment it is just missing a little personality and does not stick in the memory like its siblings. Let’s see how it shows once in bottle (February/March 2020).