WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 840; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 855. The average score for Château Duhart-Milon is 897, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Duhart-Milon they use words like Tannins, Dense, Black, Full, Sweet, Purity, Concentrated, Purple, Fruit, Licorice, Intense, Cassis, Earthy, Freshness, Rich. The 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Duhart-Milon: Meticulous, Marvelous, Resurgence, Sweetness, Potential, Magnificent, Unsmoked, Cigar, Crushed, Rocks. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.75%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (13% vs 13.02%). The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 23 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Duhart-Milon around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 29 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2006, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Talbot 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Duhart-Milon 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-07-07 |
gbp |
52 |