Magnum Château Duhart-Milon - Pauillac 2017 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056

Le Point

16 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe6/20/2018

Monte en puissance doucement, fruits noirs, de la maturité, beaucoup de finesse, texture veloutée, note de réglisse, du moelleux, longueur, fruité pur, s’ouvre à l’aération.

Jeb DUNNUCK

89-91 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/12/2018

The 2017 Château Duhart Milon is an excellent effort from this team and is one of the more forward, charming, pleasure-bent efforts out there. Leafy herbs, lead pencil, graphite, and beautiful fruit all give way to a medium-bodied, fruit forward, textured 2017 that’s going to drink nicely in its youth, yet should also age gracefully.

Vinifera

93 / 100

byJacques Perrinthe5/28/2018

Fruits noirs doux, touche de graphite. Attaque charnue et très harmonieuse, milieu de bouche charnu. Saveur fruitée-épicée exquise, vin gourmand, qui se prolonge sans à coups.

Vinous

89-92 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/15/2018

The 2017 Duhart Milon is deep, luscious and fruity, with lovely mid-palate depth and pliancy. Soft, silky tannins wrap around a core of dark red and blackish fruit. The 2017 is a very pretty Clerc Milon with plenty to recommend it. This is really quite lovely. The blend is 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot. Duhart is another impressive wine in a portfolio from Lafite that is especially strong this year.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/11/2018

A medium-bodied wine with an emphasis on the stylish black raspberry and cassis core, there is softness, sophistication and purity with refined tannins and tender fruit in the finish. The wine was made from a meld of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot.

Vinous

89-91 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

The 2017 Duhart-Milon has a crisp, pencil lead scented bouquet, introverted at first, a little conservative with smoke and freshly rolled tobacco. It is classic Duhart-Milon really. The palate is medium-bodied with a sharp, pointed entry. This is already quite austere and saline in the mouth, just a little toughness towards the finish that should soften by the end of the élevage. There is something almost standoffish about this Pauillac, a noticeable bell pepper tang developing towards the finish that lingers after the wine has departed. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

Wine Advocate

89-91 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/27/2018

A blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, the 2017 Duhart-Milon is beautifully scented of crushed red and black currants, black raspberries and spice cake with suggestions of lavender, cloves and rose hip tea. The palate is medium-bodied, very soft and elegant with seamless freshness and a lingering spiciness on the finish.

Decanter.com

94 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/25/2018

A brilliantly elegant, suave Duhart, one of the successes of the appellation for me. This is a classically structured Duhart, a wine that is not overly exuberant but that has a sense of direction and balance, and is well held together. There's a very attractive quality to the tannins, joined by dark bilberry fruits that gain weight through the palate. It doesn't quite have the dense concentration and richness of 2016, but that was an exceptional vintage. This is a wine that I look forward to following as it ages. Around 5% frost on the northwest corner, affecting the Merlot for the second wine (not tasted). But overall the vintage was so early that even though the September rains probably brought alcohol levels down a touch, they did not unduly worry as the fruit was already ripe enough. 3.75pH. 50% new oak. 38hl/ha yield.
Drinking Window 2026 - 2038

WeinWisser

17 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe4/25/2018

Dunkles Rubin mit aufhellendem Rand. Filigranes rotes Johannisbeerbouquet, dahinter Prei-selbeermus und Rieder. Am saftigen Gau-men mit süssem, fast dropsigem Extrakt. lm mittleren Finale mit Schattenmorellen-saft und Graphitnoten. Wird frühen Trinkge-nuss bescheren.

17/20 2024 - 2040

Wine Enthusiast

90-92 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/17/2018

This is a perfumed wine, as well as a touch herbal, with generous tannins. It is juicy, ripe with black currant flavors but with an edge that gives some firm structure. The plush fruit is cut with acidity offering a fresh finish.