2018 Château Duhart-Milon

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  5/27/2023 - AllRed wrote:

  4th Saturday Group: Old & Young (J&S): Blind. Deep color with notes of graphite, black fruit, plum, forest floor and lavender. Full-bodied. Flavors of mixed red and black fruit, green tobacco and spice, with an herbal element in the finish. Firm youthful tannin. Easy to pick out as our young Bordeaux in this flight.
  
  This had been decanted for five hours, rebottled and poured another two+ hours later.

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  1/28/2023 - jayhawkdds Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Took about 3 hours in the decanter to finally loosen a little bit. 90 now, but the potential for 93+ in the future.

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  5/30/2022 - Menez1192 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Dark fruits on the nose, balanced on palate but still tight after 60 min decant. Mostly dark fruits with dark chocolate and hints of earthy notes. Tannins grippy but smooth. Would benefit from a few more years.

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  5/12/2022 - zachb1125 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Consumed side-by-side with the 2016. Notes from ~2hrs in.
  
  Green, herbal, earthy, savory nose. Dark stewed fruit? The extra 1.5% abv compared to the 16 is notably hotter. Much less fruit, way more earth and herb on the palate, which fades to a moderate bitterness. Dark fruit returns on the finish. Medium+ tannins for this one, with a longer finish. Holds up to food better too. Definitely the preferred of the two. It would be interesting to taste this again several years from now.

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  4/27/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 93 Points

  I love tasting wines young after they have arrived in bottle, and the 2018 Duhart Milon is a good reminder of why it’s beneficial to do that at home over a protracted period. 24 hours of air helps this wine develop greatly, allowing the fruit to unfurl and additional nuances to reveal themselves. Furthermore, as the fruit volume expands, it puts the ABV in better balance and surpasses some of the oaky notes which are age-appropriate at this stage of the wine’s life.
  
  The fruit really is beautiful here, mostly on the blacker end of the spectrum, and with a fine natural sweetness that doesn’t feel overdone. There’s a pretty potpourri note that builds with air and some tapenade present on night one fades by night two. The alcohol, initially present on the palate if not the nose (which is interesting as it’s actually quite high, marked at 14.5%) seems better integrated as the fruit expands.
  
  That said, does this offer the appeal of the cool, classically sculpted 2016? Will it keep its balance as long (the ABV poked out before the fruit expanded, so why shouldn’t it again as the fruit fades 20-30 years down the line)?
  
  Drinking 2030-
  
  65% CS / 35% M
  14.5% ABV

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