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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed in 2015 and 2016, with an unprecedented charm and fatness. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
Rated 95/100 by La Revue du Vin de France : « Il est à la fois sérieux et délié comme il le faut, avec un côté très racé. Son équilibre très digeste est remarquable, il termine sur des tanins racés au toucher de soie, avec une pointe mentholée. »
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- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed in 2015 and 2016, with an unprecedented charm and fatness. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
The 2020 vintage is rated 95/100 by La Revue du Vin de France "It is both serious and well-balanced, with a very racy side. It is remarkably well-balanced and easy to digest, finishing with racy, silky tannins and a hint of menthol." (September 2023)
Rated 94/100 by Jean-Marc Quarin "Dark, intense and beautiful colour. Very aromatic, fruity, creamy and slightly truffled nose. Meticulous on the palate, refined to the touch, very aromatic, the wine develops with a graceful overall bearing. It melts on the finish, fragrant, long, sappy and very good". (March 2023).
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- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed in 2015 and 2016, with an unprecedented charm and fatness. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed in 2015 and 2016, with an unprecedented charm and fatness. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2039
- Potential alcohol:
- 12.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2020 vintage is rated 97/100 by the Revue du Vin de France "Deep mouthfeel, fleshy, successfully balanced between power and freshness, tannins already well refined. Beautiful length built on elegance. Great future" (June 2023)
Rated 94/100 by le Guide Bettane et Desseauve 2024
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
Rated 96/100 by Antonio Galloni (vinous) « Un vin tout à fait fabuleux, le Lynch-Bages 2018 capture toute la richesse et la générosité qui rendent l'année si séduisante » (March 2021)
Rated 97/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Bouche dense, ampleur généreuse équilibrée par une fraîcheur tonique » (June 2023)
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- Apogée:
- 2028-2046
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
Rated 97/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Bouche profonde, du gras, grande expression aromatique, beaux tanins [...] Un beau Lynch-Bages dans tout son ADN. » (June 2023)
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2042
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
Rated 96/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Bouche dense, beaux tanins matures, épicés et prégnants. Longueur très aromatique relevée par une fraîcheur appétente. Une réussite du millésime. » (June 2023)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2035
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2040
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2019-2032
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
Rated 98/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Sphérique et velouté en bouche, matière onctueuse et tanins relevés par une fraîcheur mentholée. Finit très long sur une déclinaisons de senteurs élégantes. Irrésistible ! » (June 2023)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2017-2030
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
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- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
The 2020 vintage is rated 99/100 by La Revue du Vin de France "The wine is spectacular on the palate too, full and vibrant. A touch of acidity gives it plenty of spring and stretches the finish. A bottle of absolute harmony" (September 2023)
The 2020 vintage is rated 95/100 by N. Martin "Quite structured on the finish (more so than previous vintages) with a soft, insistent grip. This wine is unquestionably more classic than the 2019 recently tasted blind and should mature well in bottle. Excellent." (December 2022)
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- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Rated 95/100 by Antonio Galloni « A gorgeous, alluring Pauillac, the 2017 Pontet-Canet is racy and exceptionally polished, with floral top notes that bring out the natural brightness of the red-toned fruit. Super-silky tannins add to the wine's immediacy and sheer allure. » (March 2020)
Rated 94/100 by Jean-Marc Quarin « Finement parfumé dès l’attaque, fondant au développement, doué d’un corps aérien, le vin évolue savoureux, noble dans sa texture et ses arômes. Il s’achève long et incrachable, avec une très belle note plaisir. » (Oct. 2020)
Rated 94/100 by Revue du Vin de France « Une belle fraîcheur anime ce vin, dans une définition classique et plus septentrionale avec ses nuances de graphite et d'épices douces. [...] L'extraction est juste, avec une belle énergie gustative. Les tanins tapissent sans dureté, c'est un vin sapide, davantage sur la finesse que sur la puissance. » (Dec. 2021)
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Noté 98/100 par la Revue du Vin de France « Avec sa dimension graphite et fusain, une belle épice et cette touche de boisé précieux, il est raffiné. La bouche impose une jolie matière étoffée, avec une belle osmose entre la puissance et la structure tannique. C'est un vin longiligne, doté d'une sève de tanin qui tapisse sans excès. Un vin magnifique, bâti pour la garde. » (Dec. 2021)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2042
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Rated 94/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Les fruits noirs, les épices et le balsamique participent à la complexité et l'élevage est poudré. La bouche se révèle cossue, ample, dotée d'une bonne richesse mais sans exubérance. » (Dec. 2021)
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Rated 93/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « La bouche est veloutée, assise sur une matière en demi-puissance, mais le coeur de bouche est harmonieux. Les tanins sont bien intégrés et l'ensemble séduit par sa texture élégante et soyeuse. Très plaisant 2012. » (Dec. 2021)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2035
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2033
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Rated 96/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Le vin montre une belle richesse gérée par une trame de tanins de qualité qui étire la bouche et lui confère du relief. C'est un ensemble sérieux, encore charnu, qui a de longues années devant lui. » (Dec. 2021)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2040
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2020-2030
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
Vintage 2006 rated 93/100 by Wine Advocate and, tasted again in 2016 by the Revue du Vin de France, rated 17.5/20 "very nice subtle length".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2015-2028
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
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- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
Rated 99/100 by the Guide de la Revue du Vin de France 2024 "What a wine! Let's start with the finish, endless and saline, velvety, with notes of fresh fruit and tonic, mellow acidity. The mid-palate? Full, ample, fleshy and absolutely delicious, with fruit that's full of sparkle and smoothness. "
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- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
Rated 97/100 by the Revue du Vin de France « Matière superbe, concentrée, énergique et profonde. Il impressionne par sa longueur et la persistance de ses arômes » (Sept. 2021)
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- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
Rated 94+/100 by Antonio Galloni after bottling « The 2017 Pichon-Baron has developed into a potent wine, even by its own standards. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, grilled herbs, licorice, new leather and spice all flesh out in a succulent Pauillac that shows the racier personality of the year. » (March 2020)
Rated 96/100 by Jean-Marc Quarin « Minutieux au toucher dès l’attaque, puis très finement charnu, le vin prend de l’ampleur en milieu de bouche, avec des nuances de fruits blancs et de fruits rouges. Il s’étire en finale, gras, profond, délicat et pourtant dense. » (Oct. 2020)
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2037
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
Pour la Revue du Vin de France le 2016 est noté 19,5/20 et qualifié de « monumental ».
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2035
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Mr Rouzaud (Champagne Roederer) acquired it in 2007 and has since strengthened the technical team by adding the advice of Mr Boissenot. Pichon-Comtesse remains faithful to the style that has made it so successful, as dense, suave, charming, enchanting and above all endearing.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2023-2040
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Mr Rouzaud (Champagne Roederer) acquired it in 2007 and has since strengthened the technical team by adding the advice of Mr Boissenot. Pichon-Comtesse remains faithful to the style that has made it so successful, as dense, suave, charming, enchanting and above all endearing.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2040