Pauillac AOC "Pastourelle de Clerc Milon" by Château Clerc-Milon

Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is the second wine of Château Clerc Milon. The pastourelle is a traditional dance which evokes a knight’s romantic encounter with a shepherdess: the name echoes the pair of dancers that adorn the label of the Grand Vin. Made of gold, enamel and pearls, this precious miniature from the Museum of Wine in Art at Château Mouton Rothschild belonged to Catherine II, the empress of Russia, and is inspired by characters of the Commedia dell’Arte. Baroness Philippine de Rothschild chose it as the Clerc Milon emblem because of her love of the theatre. Produced from grapes grown in the vineyard of the famous Classified Growth, it is harvested in small crates and the wine is fermented in the Clerc Milon vat-room. Matured in oak barrels in the traditional way. 2009 was the first vintage of Pastourelle de Clerc Milon.