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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BrunelloBob on 12/21/2021 & rated 88 points: Auction purchase. Solid cork that pushed through, probably my fault. Decanted and drank over four hours. Held up.
Significantly brown with a touch of red. Not much nose. Prune, red cherry, black olive, a hint of Bordeaux green. Persistent. Fully mature. (1234 views) | | | Tasted by Claret & CdP Gang on 8/30/2020: Good condition for a 70, v mellow, solid Bordeaux, better than today’s 1970 Ducru, good structure on the palate (1746 views) | | | Tasted by Mneumeier on 2/8/2020 & rated 90 points: Drank great. Still rocking. Amazing for a 50 year old bottle. (1909 views) | | | Tasted by Claret & CdP Gang on 1/27/2020 & rated 92 points: Not as good as the 70 Ducru Beaucaillou, older more mature with lots of secondary aromas, medium to light bodied, very nice & refined (2037 views) | | | Tasted by Jon Mills on 11/15/2019 & rated 89 points: Surprisingly fresh. Fascinating to drink a wine almost 50 years old with so much vitality. (1959 views) | | | Tasted by bonnerecolte on 10/13/2019 & rated 88 points: High shoulder, mostly soaked cork. Initial funky odors that blew off quickly. Brick color. After a few minutes of air, this was pleasant but not exceptional. A tiny bit of fruit, a flutter of secondary notes. Fine with food, but not really elegant or inviting. After about an hour it lost its fruitiness and interest and had a slightly black tea bitterness in the finish. The bottle was not flawed, but I wonder about how well it was stored. (1387 views) | | | Tasted by GregRosen on 12/28/2017 & rated 90 points: To paraphrase Monty Python - "It's not dead yet !"
Pleasantly surprised that it continued to open up after PnP. (2153 views) | | | Tasted by jeffclavier on 9/24/2016 & rated 91 points: Double decanted, drank it after an hour, still amazingly fresh for a 46 year old wine. Would buy it again despite its age. (2692 views) | | | Tasted by ATL on 12/28/2011: I don't really believe in giving wines a point score, particularly wines like this, but these two bottles, drunk on the same night with marrow bones, toast, and consomme where lovely. Pitch perfect with this course - not at all over the hill. Just awesome. Will try to buy more. (6157 views) | | | Tasted by RKJacobs on 7/31/2011 & rated 92 points: Awesome, still big and surprising amount of tannins. Would have been great in another few years yet. (6660 views) | | | Tasted by RKJacobs on 7/31/2011 & rated 92 points: Awesome, still big and surprising amount of tannins. Would have been great in another few years yet. Rich dark/black/burgundy in color. After reading other tasting notes... I must have got lucky with a very well kept bottle. We had this at a buddies house. It was a "bring your past due bottles" night. We had a dozen or so $250 plus bttls.... This was one of the better ones from the early 1960's to mid 80's. Even had it out in decanter for an hour. I'll miss her... Never to be had again!!!!! (6934 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 12/26/2009 & rated 91 points: Well past its prime, but still lovely. Earthy sweetness dominates with spice underneath. The color still retains much more red than I would have thought possible and is relatively unmarred by brown. The finish contains plenty of red berries - the fruit still lives! (4896 views) | | | Tasted by tvmama on 1/3/2009 & rated 95 points: IN BETTER CONDITION THAN LAST BOTTLE
DINNER WITH FRIENDS IN VANCOUVER
LAST BOTTLE FROM THE CELLAR
VERY MILD, EARTH, HINT OF RAISIN AND APRICOT
AROMA OF EARL GREY TEA
HOW MATURE BORDEAUX SHOULD TASTE
EXCELLENT (3107 views) | | | Tasted by tvmama on 12/1/2008 & rated 88 points: wine night with j&h
with 2004 napanook.
Great condition. cork in amazing condition.
first impression, dead.
after 30min, fruit appeared.
went very well with stewed chicken
love the mature bordeaux! (3033 views) | | | Tasted by Tree512 on 11/28/2006 & rated 90 points: Completely mature and probably better 10 years ago, but still had good plummy fruit and enough backbone to make things interesting. Not particularly long or complex, but a classic example of mature Bordeaux. I enjoyed it a lot. (3392 views) | | | Tasted by Tree512 on 9/6/2006 & rated 88 points: Over the hill but still alive and kicking. Still a bit of tannin and a good amount of sweet, plummy fruit. Not particularly intense or long, but classic claret and very enjoyable. (3439 views) | | | Tasted by Vino Me on 5/31/2005 & rated 84 points: This bottle also showed some signs of leakage. The color was a solid red and only slightly cloudy. The nose was rather musty and not promising. On th palate the wine showed better than the nose. Primarily and mushroomy, compost character. Most of the fruit had faded and it had mild tannins. Always an interesting experience to drink an older Bordeaux though. 84 points. (3705 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 12/24/2004: Bottle #4. This is a lovely refined bottle of wine. Not at all ruined, although maybe over the hill. More prominent green bell pepper on the nose. Light to medium bodied, my impression remains that this would have been better 10 years ago, but it's quite pleasant now. (3921 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 11/7/2004 & rated 91 points: What a treat! The first 2 were completely gone, but on bottle #3 and I hit paydirt.
This was stood up for more than a week, decanted and drunk immediately, although this note is about 1 hour after opening. It is still deep red in color with a slight orange tint, not betraying it's 34 years. Leather, coffee, barnyard, and cranberries fill out the nose. It is medium bodied, with obvious aged qualities. The tannins are soft and the acid is in balance. It finishes well without anything bitter and leaves you wanting more. The overall impression is that there is harmony and delicacy here, but not any particular power. It was probably better 5-10 years ago, but it drinks quite well now. 91pts. (4002 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 10/28/2004: Gone too. (4392 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 10/27/2004: First bottle (of 5) opened tonight from my recent auction acquisition. This was the lowest fill at mid shoulder. The rest are high shoulder or low neck. My total cost was about $20 per bottle. This bottle was stood up for about a week.
When the foil was removed the news was bad. There was significant wine on the outside of the cork, obviously years old. There was mold too, but the wine contingency was prominent. The color is rust and is very murky. The nose proves very port-like. On the palate this is flat and a little bit like what a port would taste like if it wasn't fortified and had no life left. I believe this is what is referred to as "madeirized", and on top of that it's tired. Oh well, it was worth a shot, and I still have some hope that one or more of the others will work out. (3894 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 1/1/1987 & rated 90 points: great bottle. (3372 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 1/1/1986 & rated 90 points: great bottle. (3299 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 1/1/1985 & rated 90 points: great bottle. (3235 views) |
| Château Duhart-Milon Producer website - Read more about Chateau Duhart Milon
Grape varietals : Cabernet Sauvignon 80 to 85%, Merlot 15 to 20%.
Length of ageing in oak barrels : 18 months, including from 50 to 55% in new barrels.
Average annual production : 20,000 cases per year.
Vineyards on weinlagen-info
Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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