Producer Profile
Area under vines: 76 hectares
Soils: Fine gravel mixed on tertiary limestone bedrock
Average age of the vines: 30 years
Production: 20 000 to 25 000 bottles a year
Ageing: in 50% new oak barrels for 14 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 67%
- Merlot 33%
The Chateau makes two other wines:
Tasting Notes
Vinous 95
The 2009 Duhart-Milon is recalcitrant on the nose, refusing to give much away in terms of aromas. Loamy, peaty scents emerge with time amongst the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin, fresh in the mouth with good salinity. There is something estuarine about this Pauillac that lends it personality and its grip on the finish suggesting that it will give many more years of drinking pleasure. This has long been an impressive Duhart-Milon and so it is proven here. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2009 Bordeaux tasting. [Neal Martin, 14/03/2019]
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2038
JancisRobinson.com 18/20
Tasted blind. Dark blackish crimson. Sweet nose with a hint of char. Broad and charming with everything in the right place. Already accessible. [14/02/2019]
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2040
Robert Parker 96
Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. To the astonishment of our group of experienced palates, the Duhart-Milon ’09 took on all-comers under blind conditions and triumphed. I always regarded it as a fantastic Pauillac but this good? I mean … it received a higher average group score than almost every Grand Vin. It has a very intense bouquet with blackberry, mulberry, quince and a touch of dried flowers picked from down in Margaux. There is a slight meaty tincture suggesting some Cabernet Franc? The palate is medium-bodied but with superb fruit concentration. Again, there is a beguiling sense of precision and harmony that lends the finish weightlessness and poise. This is an effortless wine and a benchmark Duhart. Bravo! Tasted January 2013. [Neal Martin, 01/01/2013]