Chateau Duhart-Milon 2020

Professional Ratings

• 95 Decanter
  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.
  Barrel Sample: 95
• 94 James Suckling
  A firm and racy Duhart with currants, chocolate and walnuts. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a fresh finish. Lovely subtle fruit. A bright finish. Succulent and refined. Savory. Very, very fine. 72% cabernet sauvignon and 28% merlot. Drink or hold.
• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The most underrated wine in the Lafite stable these days has put in another strong performance with the 2020 Duhart-Milon, as this somewhat cooler, later-ripening site is well adapted to warmer vintages. Unfurling to reveal aromas of cassis, plums, cigar wrapper, loamy soil and violets, it's medium to full-bodied, broad and layered, with polished tannins, terrific depth at the core and a long, sapid finish.

• 94 Jeb Dunnuck

  The 2020 Chateau Duhart-Milon is a much more concentrated, serious wine. Based on 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot hitting 12.5% natural alcohol, with a pH of 3.91, its deep ruby/plum color is followed by medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of darker currants, cherries, damp earth, ripe tobacco, and graphite. Beautifully balanced, elegant, and straight-up seamless, it shows the classic, focused style of the vintage and will be a modern day classic from this terroir. Best After 2027.
  Rating: 94+

• 94 Wine Enthusiast

  This ripe wine has some serious tannins and rich black fruits. Behind the structure, a swathe of black fruits gives the wine concentration and ripeness.

• 93 Vinous

  The 2020 Duhart-Milon is a powerful wine, with Cabernet Sauvignon driving the blends with tons of savory and earthy character. Dark cherry, dried herbs, scorched earth, tobacco, licorice, and menthol are all laced together. This virile, somber Pauillac needs time in the bottle to blossom. I won't be surprised if it is even better in another few years' time. This opens beautifully with time. -Neal Martin

• 92 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: The 2020 Château Duhart-Milon is Old World and authentic. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers aromas and flavors of savory spices, rustic earthy notes, and blackcurrants. Serve it with braised oxtail. (Tasted: January 27, 2023, San Francisco, CA)