1966 Château Duhart-Milon

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 90 points

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  3/11/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 89 Points

  The ullage was mid-shoulder but cork was intact and color looked decent (dark) in the bottle. Underneath the capsule, the top of the cork was all kinds of nasty (mold). I used a Durand to extract the cork which was completely saturated. The wine was decanted for sediment and presented after about an hour of air. In the glass, the 1966 poured a Burnt Sienna color with a translucent core; medium viscosity with no obvious staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of a bag of Jack Link’s Teriyaki flavor jerky, leather, forest floor, tobacco, dried Japanese plums, dates, tamarind, dried cherries (think Luden’s), and some spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins (integrated) and medium acid. The acid is just barely keeping this thing together right now. The palate is even more tertiary than the nose and low on energy; mostly earth and pu’er tea like flavors. While this wine is very much alive, its life is fading. Fun to enjoy now if you have any in your cellar but I would urge anyone to drink whatever you have sooner than later.

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  10/25/2022 - ATL wrote:

  Softer than some '66s, but still lovely. The definition of mature claret. Won't improve, but no rush either.

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  4/30/2017 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Better showing than previous bottle.
  Actually benefited from decanting about two hours prior to tasting despite the apparent lack of tannin structure. The wine opened up beautifully to reveal nice cigar box character, evolved fruit. Very reminiscent of the 1966 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild but slightly riper and aging better. I would recommend drinking this wine over the next 3 years, but this style is extremely misleading; a decisively feminine light structure wine that just seems to go on forever. A remnant of Claret...

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  11/1/2016 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Classic mature Medoc !
  Some brick color but not overtly oxidized.
  Tannins are gone but the wine is still holding together. Cedar, cigar box, earthy elements as expected. This wine seems to have been on a plateau for years and should hold another 3-5 years. Outperformed Chateau Lafite in this vintage tasted just one day earlier.

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  6/1/1980 - bacchus wrote: 90 Points

  great bottle, great memory.

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