Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Sublime finesse and flesh, infinitely delicate, in a very generous body; the summit— the most artistic and the most complete in Beychevelle’s history. | 98

Michael Schuster | Dense and fine to smell, freshly black-fruit ripe, and very persistent; a beautiful balance, rich, full, fresh, finely tannic; a great concentration of ripe black and red fruit within a very fine tannin frame, so ripe, and yet so fresh given the alcohol level; intense, succulent, very long and racy and sustained across the palate, and with great length of aftertaste. A striking balance of volume and vitality, abundance and finesse... close to nipping at the heels of the first growths. 2028–48+. | 94–95