Château Duhart-Milon
Château Duhart-Milon, previously also Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild, is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France.
History
[edit]As the story goes, "Sieur Duhart" was a corsair who settled in Pauillac. His house inspired the wine's label.[1] During the XVIIth century, under the management of the House of Ségur , the vineyard was used for Château Lafite's second wine. During the 1830s, the land was purchased by the Castéja family. A 110-acre vineyard was created and later renamed Château Duhart-Milon. The Castéja family sold Duhart-Milon in 1937, and five owners managed the château in the following twenty-five years. Château Duhart-Milon was acquired by Domaines Barons de Rothschild in 1962.[2]
The wine produced here was classified as one of ten Quatrièmes Crus Classés (Fourth Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.[3]
Description
[edit]The Château, adjacent to the Château Lafite Rothschild, has 175 acres (0.71 km2) planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (67%) and Merlot (33%).[4] The Château produces a second wine under the label Moulin de Duhart. It is managed by Eric Kohler since 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Château Duhart-Milon | Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux". www.ugcb.net. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Château Duhart-Milon". La Revue du vin de France (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Karen MacNeil (2001). The Wine Bible. Workman Publishing. ISBN 1-56305-434-5. p. 885.
- ^ "La minute Pauillac de Château Duhart-Milon". avis-vin.lefigaro.fr (in French). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Anson, Jane (2015-11-27). "Lafite technical director Charles Chevallier to step down". Decanter. Retrieved 2023-07-16.