Château Duhart-Milon 2025
Pauillac 4ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£294.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 12.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2034 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot | |
Critic scores
93-95 RP, 92-94 NM, 92-94 AG, 93-95 JD, 93-95 LPB, 94 JA, 95 DC, 94-96 DB, 94 GM
Critic reviews
"A blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot, the 2025 Duhart-Milon is a lovely classic in the making, offering up notes of wild blueberries, cassis, rose petals and orange zest, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, pure and polished palate that's lively, harmonious and suave. It checks in at a modest 12.5% alcohol."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Duhart-Milon was picked from September 4 to 22. It has a very delineated and quite mineral-driven bouquet, very focused with beautifully integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with chiselled tannins, layered graphite-infused black fruit and a strict and linear, sapid finish that could only come from Pauillac. Almost a minimalist Duhart-Milon in some ways, but less is more."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Duhart-Milon offers a captivating mix of brilliant red-toned fruit, blood orange, pomegranate and wild flowers. Readers will find a Duhart that bristles with energy. The purity of the flavors is just captivating. It's one of my favorite recent vintages here because of its vibrancy and textural finesse. The blend is 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot, picked from early to mid-September, always a few days later than at Lafite."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Fragrant and floral on the opening, with chalky tannins and a gorgeous lift through the palate, showing crayon, raspberry, cassis and cherry pit. There is a delicacy and finesse evident in this Duhart, very pretty, with a less powerful structure than the 2022 vintage. 3.77ph. 27hl/h yields. Rain in this part of Pauillac saw 80mm over Easter then nothing until 25mm on June 22, and 30mm end of July, so two very important moments to counter the heatwave. Then temperatures cooled until August 11-15 before spikes of real heat, 40+C, until the summer broke at the end of August with 55mm of rain, then another 60mm up until the harvest. Harvest started September 2, same as in 2022."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Fragrant blackcurrants and dried herbs on the nose. Really succulent and grippy straight away, immediately so charming and soft, almost creamy with a touch of powdery tannins – but such depth and concentration of fruit – ripe but still cool, you get flesh but freshness too. Such great construction – nothing over the top. There’s fleshy tannins, round mouthfeel but such elegance and refinement with the vein of bright, tangy, driving acidity that just carries the overall expression. So long. Brilliant. 13% press wine."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 73% Cabernet Sauvignon; 27% Merlot; a final yield of 27 hl/ha; 12.5% alcohol; tasted with Eric Kohler at Duhart-Milon). Subtle and refined even in the context of the vintage, with a lovely aromatic presence, very dark berry fruited and very Duhart, exactly as I expect, with that signature cool and here almost haunting and ethereal beauty. Supple, tender, cool at the core, spherical in form and radiant but relaxed and totally harmonious. Neither solar nor austere, this dances the line between the two. There's great purity and the most gracious of tannins. The engagement of those tannins is striking as is the energy imparted, with the pinch and grip crafting a lovely fantail on the finish. Radiant and fresh, but serious and intimate at the same time. "
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Duhart-Milon was picked from September 4 to 22. It has a very delineated and quite mineral-driven bouquet, very focused with beautifully integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with chiselled tannins, layered graphite-infused black fruit and a strict and linear, sapid finish that could only come from Pauillac. Almost a minimalist Duhart-Milon in some ways, but less is more."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Duhart-Milon offers a captivating mix of brilliant red-toned fruit, blood orange, pomegranate and wild flowers. Readers will find a Duhart that bristles with energy. The purity of the flavors is just captivating. It's one of my favorite recent vintages here because of its vibrancy and textural finesse. The blend is 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot, picked from early to mid-September, always a few days later than at Lafite."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Fragrant and floral on the opening, with chalky tannins and a gorgeous lift through the palate, showing crayon, raspberry, cassis and cherry pit. There is a delicacy and finesse evident in this Duhart, very pretty, with a less powerful structure than the 2022 vintage. 3.77ph. 27hl/h yields. Rain in this part of Pauillac saw 80mm over Easter then nothing until 25mm on June 22, and 30mm end of July, so two very important moments to counter the heatwave. Then temperatures cooled until August 11-15 before spikes of real heat, 40+C, until the summer broke at the end of August with 55mm of rain, then another 60mm up until the harvest. Harvest started September 2, same as in 2022."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Fragrant blackcurrants and dried herbs on the nose. Really succulent and grippy straight away, immediately so charming and soft, almost creamy with a touch of powdery tannins – but such depth and concentration of fruit – ripe but still cool, you get flesh but freshness too. Such great construction – nothing over the top. There’s fleshy tannins, round mouthfeel but such elegance and refinement with the vein of bright, tangy, driving acidity that just carries the overall expression. So long. Brilliant. 13% press wine."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 73% Cabernet Sauvignon; 27% Merlot; a final yield of 27 hl/ha; 12.5% alcohol; tasted with Eric Kohler at Duhart-Milon). Subtle and refined even in the context of the vintage, with a lovely aromatic presence, very dark berry fruited and very Duhart, exactly as I expect, with that signature cool and here almost haunting and ethereal beauty. Supple, tender, cool at the core, spherical in form and radiant but relaxed and totally harmonious. Neither solar nor austere, this dances the line between the two. There's great purity and the most gracious of tannins. The engagement of those tannins is striking as is the energy imparted, with the pinch and grip crafting a lovely fantail on the finish. Radiant and fresh, but serious and intimate at the same time. "
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com