Pauillac · vintage 2012
Why this vintage
- 94/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 2 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2012 vintage in PauillacA late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast94
- Vinous90
- Wine Spectator90
The 2012 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
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 2012 vintage
- 62 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 38 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 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 2012 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 30 yrsVine age
- 260,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
After destemming and light crushing, the vatting of Duhart-Milon lasts 28 days. The winemaking, entirely traditional, is carried out with great care by the team of Charles Chevallier, the Director of Château Lafite.
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 2012
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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.