Pauillac · vintage 2017
Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2017 vintage in PauillacApril frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Wine Enthusiast93
- Wine Spectator93
- Wine Advocate91
- Vinous91
The 2017 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: April frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.
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
Dense and deep color. Nose revealing strong hidden potential. Notes of licorice and cherry stones. Good attack on the palate, quite ample and supple, although the wine is still “prevented” by recent bottling. We find the aromatic notes of the nose on the palate, well complemented by fresh red fruits. Beautiful elegant length. The very classic character of this vintage is already confirmed, at the start of ageing in the bottle.
Blend of the 2017 vintage
- 76 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 24 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2017 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 2017 sheet
- 260,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Château Duhart-Milon is vinified using traditional Bordeaux winemaking methods. The grapes are subjected to meticulous sorting then, depending on their plot of origin, they are placed in cement or stainless steel vats for alcoholic fermentation. Light pump-over is carried out during fermentation to optimize extraction. The total maceration time is approximately 20 days.
Ageing
Following the malolactic fermentation process, the wines are barreled into French oak barrels manufactured by the Tonnellerie des Domaines in Pauillac. The barrels are subject to an individual tasting carried out in December for a strict selection of the great wine. Following this selection, the wine is blended then put into oak barrels (50% new oak).
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 2017
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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.