Duhart-Milon - Pauillac 2020

TASTED

93 / 100

par Andreas Larsson le 06/07/2021

Mild new oak, violet, liquorice, dark and fresh berries, rather rounded texture, yet with good material and density. In a medium bodied shape with plenty of muscles and fine polished tannin with good length. The best young Duhart I ever tasted.

La Revue du Vin de France

93-95 / 100

le 07/06/2021

Vinifié dans le nouveau cuvier, c’est un Duhart racé que nous avons dégusté. Un vin porté par un fruit tonique, avec une bouche déliée et allongée, qui termine sur une note de menthe poivrée. Très défini et sapide.

Le Figaro

94-95 / 100

le 02/06/2021

Un nez fascinant de pureté, entre la prune et la réglisse, aux notes de chocolat noir à l'orange et de fleurs fraîches. Une bouche vibrante de fruits pleins de vie, avec des tannins incroyablement suaves, comme un corsaire en costume taillé sur mesure. Un vin qui, fidèle à cette nouvelle tendance bordelaise, avec une vraie délicatesse et une finale épicée, précise et minérale.

Vinous

90-92 / 100

par Antonio Galloni le 01/06/2021

The 2020 Duhart-Milon is soft, pliant and wonderfully seductive. Strong Cabernet aromatics open first, lending quite a bit of savory nuance. Bright red/purplish berry fruit, spice, cedar and earthy notes show the vibrant side of this Pauillac's personality. The 2020 deftly balances ripeness with energy. It's a terrific example of the year. Yields were 36.5 hectoliters per hectare, more or less in line with the recent past. The 2020 is the first vintage made in the new cellar.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94-96 / 100

par Jeb Dunnuck le 28/05/2021

Lots of tobacco, damp earth, chocolate, and lead pencil notes define the 2020 Château Duhart-Milon. Medium to full-bodied, it has a beautifully balanced mouthfeel, loads of blue and black fruits, and ripe yet certainly present tannins. Its relatively plush, rounded style is not too dissimilar from the 2016, but it offers ample structure as well. The blend is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, and it hit 13% natural alcohol. This is another classic, concentrated, impressive wine from this team.

Vinous

90-92 / 100

par Neal Martin le 27/05/2021

The 2020 Duhart-Milon has a delightful, elegant bouquet, an almost equal mixture of red and black fruit laced with sous-bois, cigar box and touches of curry leaf in the background. It is a little timid at first, but it seemed to grow over the 90 minutes I observed this wine. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a slightly fleshier Duhart-Milon compared to the obdurate, tannic wines of yore. It is gentle in some ways, revealing elegant brambly red fruit mixed with cedar and mint on the finish. Fine, although I would have liked just a tad more grip and heft.

Decanter.com

95 / 100

par Jane Anson le 25/05/2021

Restrained and sombre at first, but carefully constructed, with a rippling muscular texture, full of firm tannins with bright acidities underneath. Like the precision and the slightly austere cool blue fruits, pencil lead and liquorice root. Elegant, precise, feels very Pauillac in its density combined with fine tannins that have life and lift on the finish. Harvest September 9 to 29. First vintage in the new cellar.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

par Jeff Leve le 21/05/2021

Earthy in nature, the wine lifts off with its cigar wrapper, forest leaf, tobacco, peppery spice and sweet red currant profile. Medium-bodied, elegant, silky and fresh, with a beautiful symmetry and balance, along with freshness, length and purity in the fruits, this is a top vintage for Duhart Milon. The wine is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot. This is the first vintage made in the new cellars, which for the first time allow for parcel by parcel vinification. 93-95

Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 20/05/2021

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2020 Duhart-Milon comes skipping out of the glass with vibrant notes of crushed black cherries, black raspberries and plum preserves, plus an exotic spice undercurrent of cumin seed, star anise and cardamom, with an earthy touch of black truffles. The medium-bodied palate delivers mouth-coating, juicy black fruits with a plush texture and just enough freshness, finishing long and spicy. The blend this year is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, with the alcohol coming in at 13.1%.

Anthocyanes

93-95 / 100

par Yohan Castaing le 11/05/2021

Légèrement graphite, réglisse, des notes de fruits noirs et une touche moka. Bouche droite et tendue, milieu de bouche élégant et charnu, une belle allonge avec une finale mentholée et aérienne. Un Duhart-Milon charmeur et juteux pour un vin séduisant. Très classique dans son approche, il fera date dans cette propriété.

Falstaff

92-94 / 100

le 10/05/2021

Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Ockerrandaufhellung. Zart nussig un- terlegte dunkle Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Nougat, schwarze Herzkirschen, feine Kräuterwürze. Saftig, rote Kirschen, ein Hauch von Pflaumen, frischer Säurebogen, integrierte Tannine, Herzkirschentouch auch im Nachhall, ein lebendiger Speisen- begleiter.

My Bettane + Desseauve

93-94 / 100

par Bettane & Desseauve le 07/05/2021

Jamessuckling.com

95-96 / 100

par James Suckling le 04/05/2021

This is so refined with beautiful currant, berry and some subtle chocolate and coffee. It’s full and very subtle with fine tannins that have a long finish. Such purity and finesse with structure. Fresh and savory. 72% cabernet sauvignon and 28% merlot.