chateau duhart milon rothschild 4eme cru classe pauillac

Château Duhart Milon Rothschild, 4eme Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2022

Name: Château Duhart Milon Rothschild, 4eme Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Duhart Milon
Price: 525.53 GBP

96/100

Inside Bordeaux

91-93/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

The Wine Independent

94/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
DP
£525.53
2022
6x75cl
DP
£525.53
2022
6x75cl
DP
£525.53
2022
6x75cl
DP
£525.53

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Duhart Milon is a terroir that excels in warm vintages. Anyone who has tasted the 2003 recently will know that this is one of the standout wines of the vintage. Good as their 2003 is, 2022 goes to another level. This is a purists' wine: sleek and correct, a classically styled, handsome Pauillac, brimming with nervy tension and aristocratic flavours. Plenty of violet soaked cassis on the nose, hints of liquorice, clove, bright cherries, spearmint and forest fruits. The palate is deep and concentrated yet brimming with life. Engaging and long with a wonderful saline finish, notes of strawberries and cracked chocolate. An absolute delight, this will rival their epic 2009, although, this is a more linear, refined style. Sensational. 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

This is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 22% Merlot, mostly from the heart of the plateau of Duhart-Milon, and the élevage was in 50% new oak with 50% second-fill barrels. This opens with a dark and smoky nose, filled with lightly crystalline and desiccated berry fruits, cranberry and currant, touched with notes of rosemary, pomegranate and peony, all swirled with a touch of oak. The palate feels lightly poised, carefree and rather juicy, with rather crystalline fruit reflecting the character on the nose, along with a charming sense of freshness. It finishes firm, gripped and juicy, with a fine spindle of peppery tannins running through the length. A rather fresh and joyful interpretation of the vintage which reminds me of the 2014 vintage more than anything grander. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%.

drinking window 2026 - 2042

date of review 06/2025

96/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Dark rich ruby colour, elegant and slow moving, will take its time to reach peak drinking, and lots to love. Silky, rich, a vintage that brings out a rakish side of Duhart, unusually ripe that touches exuberance without ever giving up its Pauillac character. Lots of replanting here, so lots of young vines that go into Moulin de Duhart. 50% new oak for ageing, 3.82 ph.

drinking window 2029 - 2044

date of review 03/2025

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Duhart-Milon has a really wonderful bouquet driven by the higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon (78%), with pencil shaving aromas infusing the black fruit. This is quintessential Pauillac in style. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp and vibrant, with fine-boned tannins and an almost crunchy texture toward the saline finish. Beautifully balanced and poised, this sophisticated Duhart-Milon will age effortlessly over two or three decades.

drinking window 2030 - 2060

date of review 02/2025

91-93/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Duhart-Milon unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cedar box, loamy soil, herbs and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and velvety palate with a broad attack that segues into a lively, nicely concentrated core of fruit, concluding with a youthfully firm finish.

date of review 04/2023

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