2003 Château Duhart-Milon
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Julian Marshall Likes this wine:
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - On opening, it had a whiff of heat-affected fruit and a rather pinched, drying attack, but as with the last bottle, it just needed air. I didn't decant - I just poured half a glass and left the rest to breathe - two hours later, it was far better. The nose was classic Pauillac, with trademark aromas of cassis and cigar box cedar, the only sign of 03 being a slight hint of licorice. The attack was rich, velvety and full bodied, but without any traces of raisins or anything out of the ordinary - just ripe cassis. The middle section was wonderful, rising high and full of rich, but restrained notes of blueberry, blackberry and dark cherry, leading into a calm, confident finish of cassis, with just a slight hint of licorice right at the end. It was still quite tannic, the decent grip and ripe fruit ensuring it will probably improve further over the next decade. I think it is perhaps just a notch under Pontet-Canet, so 92 pts.
This is a seriously good wine, which we enjoyed more than the Pichon Baron tried a few months ago.
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