Château DUHART-MILON
4ème grand cru classé

The 2020 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (March 2023): 96/100 “Pale color. Slightly discreet, fruity nose. Nuances of almond skin and pear. Minute on the attack, savory in the middle, very aromatic, the wine melts on the palate. Finishes with a hint of menthol and spice. Very good.”

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2022): 97/100 "The 2019 Rieussec is absolutely gorgeous. Gracious and supremely elegant in feel, the 2019 is immediately impressive. An exotic melange of lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers, passionfruit and tangerine oil opens effortlessly. The 2019 is compelling from start to finish. Harvest tool place from October 8 to 15, in three passes. The 2019 is the first vintage that will be offered in a stylish new bottle. It is no secret Sauternes has struggled of late. I must say I really liked the new and very modern presentation, which shows a more playful side of Sauternes that might just work in creating a bite more excitement around these wines."

Hachette (Guide 2023): Coup de ♥ “A sublime Rieussec, with exceptional balance and elegance.”

J-M Quarin (April 2023): 93/100 “The palate heralds the great return of Rieussec.”

The 2018 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2021): 93/100 "The 2018 Rieussec does come across a little oaky on the nose, although that is always the case here. Underneath lies plenty of honeyed fruit touches of lemon curd, almond and apricot the palate is well balanced, offering very pure honeyed fruit laced with vanilla, almond and hints of nougat, and more apricot and peach toward the finish. This will be a very seductive Rieussec, but afford it 4-5 years to fully assimilate the oak."

The 2010 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2023): 93/100 “It has since opened with saffron-tinged honeyed fruit, dried honey and almond shavings. This example is more vanillary and oaky than previous ones, and that actually distracts from the terroir expression. The palate is medium-bodied; again, the new oak feels more prominent than previous bottles, prompting me to lower my score. It's utterly seductive but articulates more of the winemaking than i would like.”

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The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “The Cabernet grapes give this wine straightforwardness and good definition, but its ageing is still a little marked. The finish stretches out with brilliance and melted tannins, on smoky notes.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 92/100 “The 2021 Duhart-Milon is a very pleasant surprise. There's very little Merlot this year, and that seems to result in a serious, at times somber, Duhart-Milon, Black cherry, gravel, spice, licorice and graphite build beautifully with time in the glass. The 2021 is gorgeous.”

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The 2020 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2023): 95/100 “It's both serious and well-balanced, with a very racy side. Remarkably well-balanced and easily digestible, it finishes with racy, silky tannins and a hint of menthol.”

J-M Quarin (March 2023): 94/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, fruity, creamy and slightly truffled. Minutious on entry, refined to the touch, very aromatic, the wine develops on a graceful general bearing. It melts in the finish, fragrant, long, sappy and very good”.

Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 92/100 “The 2020 Duhart-Milon has a classy, well-defined bouquet, with brambly red fruit, pencil box and scents of autumn leaves, gradually gaining intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with rather dry tannins that render of brightness and charm at the moment. Even so, I would contentedly cellar this for three or four years because there is potential.”

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2020): 94/100 “Duhart 2016 confirms its beautiful dispositions, the wine is solid, intense and endowed with a very beautiful substance with a sapid and juicy finish.”

Quarin (February 2020): 94/100 “Very aromatic, very Medoc nose. A touch of ink, on a background of fresh, ripe fruit. Delicious through and through, this wine melts in the mouth, with class in the touch and a finish of refined and even perfumed tannic grain. It's long, very good and the best I've ever tasted.”

Vinous (Antonio Galloni - January 2020): 93/100 “The 2016 Duhart-Milon is absolutely gorgeous. I am pleasantly surprised to see how much textural and weight the 2016 has gained over the course of its aging. Dark, ample and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2016 is positively striking.”

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The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - October 2021): 91/100 "The 2015 Duhart-Milon has a similar nose to the previous bottle with those undergrowth, black tea and pencil shaving scents at the front. The palate has finer tannins compared to the 2005; it's well-balanced and unreservedly classic in style with a finish that shows a bit more flesh than the aforementioned vintage."

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The 2020 vintage in the press:

Hachette (Guide 2024) : Coup de ♥ “With admirable depth, a Lafite on elegance rather than power.”

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2023): 100/100 “Spectacular and verging on perfection. It shows absolute distinction and elegance. The pinnacle of Cabernet aristocracy, falling into the mouth like a tailor-made suit. The alliance of power and elegance”.

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 98/100

Vinous (N. Martin - December 2022): 98/100 "The 2020 Lafite-Rothschild, which contains the highest proportion of Merlot since the 2016, hit the bull's eye from barrel. Revisiting the wine in the bottle since July, it still bursts from the glass with copious blackberries, touches of bluberry and juniper, pencil lead of crushed stone. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with finely-chiseled tannins, quite linear and "correct"- aquintessential Lafite-Rothschild in many ways. It gently builds in the mouth while keeping a restraint on things, finishing with fine sapidity yet a little more juiciness than you would have found a decade or two earlier. This has the potential to evolve beautifully over several decades."

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The 2008 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - March 2018): 94/100 "The 2008 Lafite-Rothschild put in a strange showing at the previous horizontal just a few weeks earlier. This bottle is much better. it has a deep color with little ageing on the rim. On the nose there is ample fruit, blackberry and bilberry with notes of pencil lead and sage, but overall there is just more intensity than the previous bottle. The palate is well balanced with fine grain tannin and good density, a facet occasionally lacking in Lafite-Rothschild. There is just a touch of brown sugar and sage towards the finish that fortunately does not attenuate like the previous bottle. This is much more representative and whilst not the best First Growth of the vintage, it certainly shows more sophistication and class even if it does not match its more stellar showings just after bottling."

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The 2007 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - March 2018): 93/100 "The 2007 Lafite-Rothschild is a strong performer in what was a challenging growing season. At 11 years of age the 2007 is beginning to drink well with blackberry, briary, graphite and smoke on the nose, perhaps still that old touch of antique buerau. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins and tobacco, well balanced yet typically understated on the finish. The 2007 is not the greatest Lafite-Rothschild for sure, but it should offer 15 to 20 years of drinking pleasure."

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The 1999 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2019): 92/100 "Personally, I have liked this First Growth since I first tasted it in barrel. Now 20 years old, it is beginning to show a little bricking ion the rim. The bouquet is clean and detailed, with black currant, raspberry, melted tar and cedardeveloping in the glass (but less of the allspice that I observed in previous bottles). The palate is medium-bodied and maybe more compact than expected, possibly due to this being ex-cellar. While not a concentrated Lafite-Rothschild, it is very harmonious and elegant, brushed with a subtle pepperiness toward the finish and a tang of dried orange peel on the aftertaste. Delightful."

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The 2017 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2020): 97/100 “The 2017 L'Évangile, 100% Merlot for this first time, is just as impressive from bottle as it was from barrel. Dark fruit, spice, mocha, leather and licorice infuse the 2017 with notable depth. Time in the glass brings out lovely aromatic top notes that add freshness. A rapturously beautiful wine, L'Évangile is stellar. Frost wiped out half of the potential crop, including all of the Cabernet Franc, wich means the Gran Vin 100% Merlot.”

J-M Quarin (October 2020): 96/100 “Meticulous in its touch from the attack, then finely fat in the mid-palate, melting and fragrant, the wine takes on an extra dimension between the middle and the finish, to finish long, noble and above all unapproachable.”

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The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2019): 93/100 "The 2015 L'Évangile has a fragrant bouquet with blackberry, raspberry coulis, cedar, truffle, and lovely Pomerol traits coming through. The palate is well balanced with succulent red berry fruit, smooth in texture with sweet vanilla-y new oak toward the finish that will require a couple of years to fully subsume. This is a fine Pomerol."

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The 2012 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2022): 90/100 "The 2012 Château L'Évangile has a little more exoticism on the nose compared to the 2012 La Fleur de Gay that preceded it: dark chocolate and camphor scents, coalescing nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and acidity, sour cherries mixed with white pepper and a gentle grip with hints of leather towards the finish. I feel this has personality and Pomerol DNA, though it flirts with being overly exotic."