The winery is located in the Pauillac area near the eponymous municipality of Milon in the Médoc(Bordeaux). Its immediate neighbours are the two famous estates Château Lafite-Rothschild and Château Mouton-Rothschild. According to a document from 1815, it belonged to the Mandavy family. Between 1830 and 1840, the estate and a further 14 hectares came into the possession of the Castéja family (Borie-Manoux) by inheritance from the widow Duhart and was given the name Duhart-Milon. According to Castéja family lore, the lord of the manor Duhart was a former pirate of King Louis XV (1710-1774) who retired in Pauillac. The "pirate's house" in the harbour of Pauillac stood until the 1950s and inspired the Duhart-Milon label. In the 1855 Bordeaux classification, the estate was awarded fourth place (Quatrième Grand Cru Classé).
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