Clerc Milon - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml followed by wilted rose petals

followed by wilted rose petals and Dorset plum

Copious notes of toasty oak

but slightly more structured

as well as atypically muscular and powerful

But it also has the balance

Clerc Milon - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml followed by wilted rose petalsFull ruby red. Superripe, almost syrupy aromas of cassis, licorice, graphite and coffee. Full, seamless and sweet, with a ripeness verging on exotic; but this is fat with fruit. An outsized Clerc Milon with a relatively high 13. 2% alcohol but also very good energy in the mouth. Finishes with terrific breadth and substantial ripe tannins. "This was very restrained in the barrel but is really opening up in bottle," noted Dhalluin. A superb showing