Château Duhart-Milon Pauillac 4. Cru Classé 2022 i trækasse

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge lightening. Fine nuances of precious wood, fresh heart cherries, cassis, blackberries and orange zest. Full-bodied, elegant, cool fruit, velvety, supporting tannins, subtle extract sweetness, very good length, reliable aging potential.

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

Lead pencil, spice, red currants, flowers, and dark cherries crowd into the nose. On the palate, the wine is elegant, refined, soft, and pure. There is density along with vibrance, spice, lift, and width. The finish, with its blend of red fruits, cocoa, orange rind, spice, espresso, and plums lingers, which is a good things as you as much of this on your palate as possible. The wine is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. 13.5% ABV, 3.9 pH. Drink from 2026-2050.

Bettane & Desseauve

Markus del Monego MW

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James Suckling

Very Pauillac in its blackcurrant, dark chocolate and walnut husk character. Full-bodied yet compacted. Wet earth, mushroom, earth, black tobacco. Fine and intense tannins. Fresh and complex. 78% cabernet sauvignon and 22% merlot.

Alexandre Ma

During the harvest season, I personally visited the vineyards of Château Duhart-Milon and found the grapes to be even more exceptional than those at Lafite. Thanks to the rich clay layer beneath the soil, each grape was plump and firm, showing no signs of desiccation. Tasting the wine, I was immediately captivated by its silken, tofu-like texture, defying expectations with its sublime smoothness. On the delicate, rice-paper-like body, you can see the telltale stains left by splashes of blackberry and cherry; drawing closer, the scent of green ink and violet unfurls, a breathtaking beauty that sways the soul.

La Revue du Vin de France

The Vintage Journal

Medium deep crimson. Glossy blackcurrant marzipan mocha wax polish geosmine aromas. Beautifully structured with ample black cherry, cassis, touch smoky paneforte flavours. Finishes cedary from with pronounced acidity. 78% Cabernet Sauvignon 22% Merlot

Jeb Dunnuck

The Grand Vin 2022 Château Duhart-Milon is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. It brings more richness as well as classic Pauillac character in its lead pencil, graphite, tobacco, and red and black fruit-driven aromatics. With gorgeous richness, a medium to full bodied mouthfeel, and a great finish, this utterly classic, seamless, balanced Pauillac should be snatched up by readers. It's going to give the 2009 a run for its money. 94-96+

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Lead pencil, spice, red currants, flowers, and dark cherries crowd into the nose. On the palate, the wine is elegant, refined, soft, and pure. There is density along with vibrance, spice, lift, and width. The finish, with its blend of red fruits, cocoa, orange rind, spice, espresso, and plums lingers, which is a good things as you as much of this on your palate as possible. The wine is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. 13.5% ABV, 3.9 pH. Drink from 2026-2050.

Jean-Marc Quarin

Vert de Vin Magazine

Bettane et Desseauve

Vinous

The 2022 Duhart-Milon underwent a short 15- to 18-day maceration and is raised in 50% new oak and the rest one-year-old barrels. It has a very graphite/mint-scented nose that is Pauillac through and through. The palate is fresh and vibrant with fine tannins. This is beautifully sculpted with a vibrant pencil lead-tinged finish reminiscent of Grand Puy Lacoste. The 2022 is a fabulous Duhart-Milon that should give 30 to 40 years of drinking pleasure. It's a Pauillac a bit like the late Steven Spurrier insofar that it's a Pauillac always conservatively dressed in a pin-striped suit, but that's the essence of Duhart.

VV Wine

(78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot) The pattern I tasted on Lifite was no comparison to the more oxidative pattern available on Lynch-Bages. The wine shows a super finely scented nose, lots of black currant, cinnamon, herbs, floral notes, fascinating. Soft on the palate, almost harmless, delicate fruit, fine-meshed tannins, the wine has balance and a very good length. Very well done and with a lot of precision.

Decanter

Ripe fruit on the nose, cherries, blackcurrants and plums, fresh, open and inviting. Sleek and smooth, this is intense but juicy giving tannic strength, just shy of chewy but appealingly chalky and fleshy giving a mouthfilling texture while the stony, saline, spiced edge to the tannins and cool blueberry and mint give the freshness. The tannins stand out here, present and at the fore, but well textured, crushed velvet but juicy with high acidity and a sharpness that counters the clear power underneath. Ageing will incorporate 40% of new oak plus up to 15% of amphora based on current trials. Harvest 31 August to 28 September.

Jane Anson

The Drinks Business

(Pauillac; 78% Cabernet Sauvignon; 22% Merlot; tasted at Chateau Lafite). Plump, plush, full and bright with an intensely crunchy dark berry fruit full of juice (ironically, given the tiny size of the grapes). Cedar. Walnut. Very classical, as it always is. I find this engagingly sweet on the palate. Soft, layered, gracious and glassy, with finely polished beady tannins. It’s quite creamily textured in the mid-palate and for me does not have quite the definition and delineation of the 2019 or 2020. A little like Carraudes, all the ingredients are there, but at this stage (and tasted under far from ideal meteorological conditions it should be added), I miss a little the slightly sombre classicisim that I tend to associate with this wine even en primeur. 92-94+.

Antonio Galloni

The 2022 Duhart-Milon is racy and explosive right out of the gate. Ripe dark cherry, plum, cloves, licorice, menthol and mocha fill out the layers in a deep, wonderfully expressive Duhart. Firm tannins extend the finish nicely. I imagine the 2022 will require at least a few years in bottle to be at its best, but it is pretty showy today. The blend is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. Drinking window : 2027-2042

Terre de Vins

Matthew Jukes