Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild

Producer description of "Château Duhart-Milon"

The winery is located in the area near the eponymous commune of Milon in the (Bordeaux). Its immediate neighbours are the two famous estates of and . According to a document from 1815, it belonged to a Mandavy family. Between 1830 and 1840, the Castéja family) inherited the estate and another 14 hectares from the widow Duhart and named it Duhart-Milon. According to the Castéja family tradition, 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 port of Pauillac stood until the 1950s and inspired the Duhart-Milon label. In the 1855 , the estate was awarded fourth place (Quatrième Cru Classé).

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