Collection: Ch Duhart Milon

In the early 18th century, the Pauillac district began widespread grape cultivation at the urging of the owners of Lafite. The Milon wines served as additional income for Lafite's master, and became Château Lafite's second wine. So early on, the soil was acknowledged as being of particularly high quality. The 1855 classification recognized the quality of Duhart-Milon's terroir by ranking it as the only 4th growth wine in Pauillac. The Castéja family remained in possession of the estate during the second half of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. Château Duhart-Milon was then one of largest Pauillac estates with around 50 hectares.

Château Duhart-Milon's vineyard consists mainly of a single block of vines on the west side of Château Lafite Rothschild, on the Milon hillside, which runs along the Carruades plateau. The property has 76 hectares of vine. The soil is fine gravel mixed with aeolian sand on tertiary limestone subsoil.  The 76 hectares of vines consist of Cabernet Sauvignon (67%) and Merlot (33%). The average age of the vines is 30 years.

Each plot is isolated initially in order to judge its quality. Several tastings from each vat are then performed in December, to ensure a strict selection for the Grand Vin. The cellar is separate from the vineyard and located in the heart of Pauillac.

Each vintage is aged in oak barrels. The barrels are all made at the Domaine's cooperage. The length of time the wine spends in barrels varies, depending on the vintage, between 10 to 18 months, during which the wines are periodically racked and fined with egg whites.