Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Power and glory, just a touch of heat. | 94

Michael Schuster | Light cassis fruit at its heart; rich, fresh, powerful and finely tannic; a slight alcoholic warmth present, but a Cabernet blackcurrant / Merlot blackberry ripeness, juicy, supple, fleshy, a lovely fat envelope of flavor, well defined by a firmish structure, too; showy, supple, delicious, fresh all the way through, with a fine fruit-fragrant persistence. Will likely make a most seductive large-scale mature wine. 2028–40+. | 91–93