Chateau Duhart Milon 2019

JAMES SUCKLING: "Aromas of currants and sweet tobacco with some lead pencil. Medium to full body with very fine tannins and a long, linear finish. Very fine, silky tannins. Pretty is the word. Direct and precise. Better in 2025 and onwards."

WEINWISSER: "Purpurrot mit satter Mitte. Komplexes Bouquet mit frisch gepflückten Brombeeren, Schattenmorellensaft und Sandelholz. Im zweiten Ansatz Brasiltabak, Cassiswürze, Szechuan-Pfeffer und Graphitspuren. Am kräftigen Gaumen mit zupackenden Tanninen, perfekt stützender Rasse und reifem, salzigem Extrakt. Im gebündelten Finale schwarzbeerige Konturen, Wacholder, endet mit zarter Adstringenz. Hat eine klassische Variante gewählt, ist nicht dieser Rodeo-Reiter vom vergangenen Jahr. Erinnert an 2010 (Struktur), 2018 (Generosität) und 2016 (Eleganz). Kann noch zulegen!"

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2019 Duhart-Milon is showing beautifully, mingling aromas of cassis and wild berries with notions of violets, cedar wood, orange rind, licorice and spice box in a perfumed bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, supple and seamless, it's charming and refined, with a deep core of fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids. This château is going from strength to strength."

DECANTER: "A mixture of dark fruits and gorgeous ripe red cherries on the nose with a milk chocolate dusting. Smooth texture on the palate full of black fruits, darker and more serious in fruit profile than the nose suggests but with a clear mineral/wet stone element, such a cleanness and cooling freshness that comes across on the palate. Really elegant, refined and poised. Delicious juice on the first impact then settles with lots of nuance, grip and complexity coming through. Impressive and well balanced."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Flowers, cigar box, and cedar with red and black currants are what you initially notice. Medium-bodied, but with a bit more weight than in many previous vintages, the wine is fresh, elegant, soft, and vibrant, with a savory accent in the refined finish. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon with 28% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2041."

WINE SPECTATOR: "Racy and mineral-driven, with a chalky thread that runs from start to finish, adding a perfumed elegance to a core of steeped black currant and blackberry fruit flavors. This has a lushness to the fruit, with dark tobacco, steeped black tea and singed alder notes, but there's plenty of range, detail and textural nuance as well. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2024 through 2040."

JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2019 Château Duhart-Milon is another incredibly successful wine in the vintage. Offering up-front currant and cassis fruits, it's medium to full-bodied and has complex cedar and spicy nuances, ripe tannins, and a round, layered, balanced mouthfeel. It's slightly less sunny and opulent than the 2018 but still brings plenty of beautiful, sunny fruit."