Pauillac · vintage 2011
Why this vintage
- 92-93 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 2 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2011 vintage in PauillacA scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type.
Critic scores
- James Suckling92-93
- Wine Enthusiast92
- Wine Advocate89-91
The 2011 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Delicate wine with soft tannins at the start which then gain strength. Structure on the palate and good density. Fairly round and precise finish.
Blend of the 2011 vintage
- 62 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 38 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2011 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, sauvignon blanc, sauvignon gris, sémillon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2011 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 30 yrsVine age
- 260,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Each vintage ages in oak barrels. The barrels come entirely from Tonnellerie des Domaines. The duration of ageing in barrels varies depending on the vintage from 10 to 18 months during which the wines are periodically racked off and clarified with egg white.
Ageing
12-14 months at 50% new oak and 50% 1st year Lafite barrels.
Terroir
The vineyard of Château Duhart-Milon lies almost as a single block on the western side of Château Lafite Rothschild, on the Milon slope that extends the Carruades plateau of Lafite. The Château Duhart-Milon estate comprises 76 ha of vines. The soils are fine gravels mixed with aeolian sands over a subsoil of Tertiary limestone. Strict control of yields, hand harvesting and a great deal of work carried out by hand throughout the year.
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Texts and documents 2011
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.