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Château Duhart-Milon Pauillac 2019 750ml
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Château Duhart-Milon Pauillac 2019

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750ml
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Category Red Wine
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Brand Château Duhart-Milon
Origin France, Bordeaux, Pauillac
Alcohol/vol 13.5%
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Château Duhart-Milon is the only château in Pauillac ranked as a 4th Growth in the 1855 Classification. In the early 18th century the wines of Milon served as the second wine for its already illustrious neighbor: Château Lafite. During the second half of the 19th and first part of the 20th centuries, Duhart-Milon was one of the largest estates in Pauillac, consisting of 50 hectares of vines. After the 1930's, the estate was sold, and in a period of 25 years had five different owners, until the Rothschild family purchased the property in 1962. Since that time, the family has undertaken a massive overhaul of the vineyards and the cellar, restoring Duhart-Milon as one of the best estates in Pauillac.

The vineyard of Château Duhart-Milon consist of mainly a single block of vines on the west side of Château Lafite, on the Milon hillside, consisting of gravel mixed with aeolian sand on limestone subsoil. The 76 hectares of vines are planted to 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot. Each plot of vines is fermented separately to judge its quality and determine whether or not it is to be included in the Grand Vin. Each vintage is aged in oak barrels that are made at the domain's cooperage. The wines are wonderfully concentrated with excellent depth of flavor and aging potential.

Wine Spectator
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Racy and mineral-driven, with a chalky thread that runs from start to finish, adding a perfumed elegance to a core of steeped black currant and blackberry fruit flavors. This has a lushness to the fruit, with dark tobacco, steeped black tea and singed alder notes, but there's plenty of range, detail and textural nuance as well. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2024 through 2040.

Jonny McCormick, January 27, 2022
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2019 Château Duhart-Milon is another incredibly successful wine in the vintage. Offering up-front currant and cassis fruits, it's medium to full-bodied and has complex cedar and spicy nuances, ripe tannins, and a round, layered, balanced mouthfeel. It's slightly less sunny and opulent than the 2018 but still brings plenty of beautiful, sunny fruit.

August 11, 2022
Vinous
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The 2019 Duhart-Milon is bold, juicy and explosive, but also a bit hard in its tannin. I thought some of that austerity would start to resolve with élevage, but it has not, at least not yet. Dark macerated cherry, spice, tobacco and strong Cabernet Sauvignon inflections power through to the finish.

Antonio Galloni, January 2022

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