2008 Château Duhart-Milon
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The 2008 Duhart-Milon has always been an impressive wine. Here it has a very intense, backward, graphite and cedar-scented bouquet that just seems to grow in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, crisp acidity, brisk blackberry and raspberry fruit laced with graphite and tobacco notes towards the austere finish. I keep ratcheting up my score as it seems to find a new facet with each swirl of the glass. Superb. (NM)
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Tasted blind. Blackish crimson. Very slightly tarty but no one could object to this. There is sweetness, freshness and Pauillac character. (JR)
Dark crimson. Very intense, almost burnt, nose. Well-mannered and fully ripe fruit, in stark contrast to the Haut-Médocs and lesser Pauillacs. Very solid and still chewy but satisfying. Very long. (JR)
About the producer
Ch. Duhart-Milon is a leading Pauillac estate owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild, alongside Ch. Lafite Rothschild. It benefits from the same winemaking expertise and has seen significant investment in recent years.