Community Tasting Notes 113

• johnrm Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 10, 2023 - Deep, youthful colour and the nose took a while to open in the glass, even though the bottle was uncorked 5h earlier. We got the earthy notes mentioned by others plus the blackcurrant and blackberry fruit, soft leathery tannins, tobacco, cedar, and oak that typifies Pauillac. Some spice developed over many hours
  The palate was big, rich, with spice and complexity. A long end palate (which my wife found had a rather idiosyncratic taste at first - probably the persistent cedar). I rather liked the way it evolved over time and retained the cedar/oak notes. These latter characteristics went very well with a rare fillet steak. After the food, the wine tasted softer.
  We kept some back and tasted the next day when the end palate was better balanced (I agree with FRANSS that the wine took a long time to soften, lose some of the wood, and bring the palate into focus). On the second day, the nose was less forward but the palate showed attractive dark plum flavours with plum skins and some liquorice but there was no sweetness in the fruit. It was very good but, honestly, it did not reach the expected heights. I would have been deeply disappointed had I bought this at the current online retail price.
  Like AlexB70, we had waited a long time since purchase to taste this wine. We bought it on holiday in France soon after release and it has been stored under ideal conditions at a steady 11C. The cork was perfect.

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• AlexB70 wrote: 91 points

  December 1, 2023 - I have been keeping that bottle for a long time. Although very nice wine, we felt it was on the descending slope, nut just a little. However, we appreaciated it quite a lot, very nice nose, but lacking a bit of roundness in the mouth, leaving just a hint of wanting more. Drink now.

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• astroman Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 25, 2023 - Ripe blue fruits, touch of capsicum, sandy tannins, lacks a little acid. Drinking beautifully now

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• MichielV wrote: 90 points

  July 16, 2023 - W grilled ny strip from BGE! Yummy steak and yummy wine. Medium weight - good color - nose and length. Very good

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• FransS wrote: 91 points

  May 27, 2023 - Confirming most of the recent tasting notes, but it took some days to soften this wine and to loose some of its wood imprression; than the balance between ripe dark fruit, wood, the citrus backbone, even some opulence, the concentration, the bitters and the very acceptable tannins was above expectation, considering the profile of this somewhat severe vintage; chapeau bas!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Château Duhart-Milon
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 087000341869, 200701100003, 3296341000411, 3412950403027, 722358265145

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• Pending Delivery 11 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,380 (60%)
• Consumed 921 (40%)

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