A blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37% Merlot, it displays an inky/blue/purple color as well as a big, sweet nose of creme de cassis, forest floor, licorice, lead pencil, cedar and subtle barrique smells. Viscous and full-bodied, it is the most concentrated and broadest example of this cuvee I have tasted in over three decades. It will be ready to drink in 5-7 years and should last for three decades or more. Consumers looking to maximize value should be checking out Duhart Milon, as this may be the single smartest purchase in this great and historic vintage!

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #199, Feb 2012)

Talk about value, the 2009 Duhart-Milon is straight up sensational stuff. Made from 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37% Merlot, it gives up classic notes of blackcurrants, pencil shavings, saddle leather and smoked herbs, it’s full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with fine tannin, impeccable balance and a great, great finish. It’s a heavenly bottle of wine that will compete with the best out there. Buy this wine! Tasted July 2017.

A blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37% Merlot, it displays an inky/blue/purple color as well as a big, sweet nose of creme de cassis, forest floor, licorice, lead pencil, cedar and subtle barrique smells. Viscous and full-bodied, it is the most concentrated and broadest example of this cuvee I have tasted in over three decades. It will be ready to drink in 5-7 years and should last for three decades or more. Consumers looking to maximize value should be checking out Duhart Milon, as this may be the single smartest purchase in this great and historic vintage! Since few consumers other than Chinese billionaires can afford wines such as Lafite Rothschild, perhaps it is time for readers to take a look at Duhart Milon, which sells for less than Lafite’s second wine. The Rothschilds have invested heavily in resurrecting this property to near super-star status, and the 2009 appears to be the finest Duhart I have ever tasted.

This is a particularly interesting 1855 story, because the estate was owned by the Casteja family of merchants at the time of the classification, and would remain with them until 1937 (it would change hands five times until the Rothschilds arrived in 1962).Over time part of the estate was split off by the Castéjas, and it now forms Château Haut-Bages Monpélou, explaining why it's such an insider Pauillac to know about. Anyway, back to Duhart-Milon, and this is a brilliant 2009, luscious and generous, harnessing the joy of this vintage, and delivering it with classid graphite, crayon and mint leaf Pauillac character. 50% new oak, Philippe Dhalluin director.

The 2009 Duhart-Milon is recalcitrant on the nose, refusing to give much away in terms of aromas. Loamy, peaty scents emerge with time amongst the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin, fresh in the mouth with good salinity. There is something estuarine about this Pauillac that lends it personality and its grip on the finish suggesting that it will give many more years of drinking pleasure. This has long been an impressive Duhart-Milon and so it is proven here. - vinous.com, March 2019

Quality 881 | Brand 922 | Economics 920 |
Quality: Predicted life of 14 years, one of the longest drinking windows in its peer group for the 2009 vintage, which averages 10 years Brand: We found this wine on 13 of the world's top restaurant wine lists, including Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen Economics: Below its peer group average price of £116 for the 2009 vintage Production: Higher production than its peer group average of 151,058 bottles

- www.wine-lister.com June 2017

(a 63/37 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot; 13.5% alcohol; IPT 70) Medium-deep ruby. The delicately scented nose is classic Pauillac: blackcurrant, violet, cedar and graphite. Enters smooth and seamless, with lively acids nicely lifting the blackberry, plum and smoky mineral flavors. Refined and restrained Pauillac, finishing sleek and long, with very smooth tannins and a lingering mineral quality. This speaks to me of high-quality cabernet sauvignon on gravel. One of the best young Duhart-Milons ever, and in this vintage it bears more than a passing resemblance to Lafite-Rothschild, which is under the same ownership, even though the two wines are obviously quite different.

Magnum – was that why it tasted so beautiful? Subtle, fragrant and slightly floral. Racy and transparent – a very good Duhart! Tannins fully resolved. Very persistent. Very refreshing for a 2009. So good, and so relatively inexpensive, that I made it a wine of the week . (JR)

[63CS/37M] Gravel and minerals on the nose, but ripe, discreet blackcurrant too; softly rich, supple middleweight, with a fresh acidity and finely dry tannin; ripe and fleshy, a slightly 'fluid' character by comparison with the best 2009's, an easygoing, flowing, sunny personality, but also with a fine, discreet 'pebbly' aromatic character too; gently complex, nice aromatic length and excellent fruit persistence. Given its recent form I had expected a bit more depth; nonetheless a very good, if not a stunning, Duhart. 2017-30