1997 Duhart Milon Rothschild
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This impressively saturated dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, vanilla, and minerals. Suave, with sweet fruit on the attack, medium body, ripe tannin, and a lush finish, it will drink well for a decade or more.
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Good fresh fruit character. Medium- to light-bodied, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. Best from 2000 through 2004. -James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2000
This impressively saturated dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, vanilla, and minerals. Suave, with sweet fruit on the attack, medium body, ripe tannin, and a lush finish, it will drink well for a decade or more. Apr 2000, www.robertparker.com
Medium red. Floral redcurrant, smoke and tobacco nose. Bright but a bit bony in the mouth, with a hint of violet; a wine of modest sweetness and ripeness but good purity of flavor. Suggestion of tart acidity. "A wine for tasting and drinking with food, not for competitions," notes co-director Eric Kohler, "and not necessarily fashionable today. Sometimes the somewhat green, vegetal cabernet sauvignon character is too strong for some tasters."
About the producer
Ch. Duhart-Milon is a leading Pauillac estate owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild, alongside Ch. Lafite Rothschild. It benefits from the same winemaking expertise and has seen significant investment in recent years.