Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | A very elegant satiny texture, generous and intense. The finish, with its white pepper, brings a beautiful vitality. | 96–97

Michael Schuster | A nice, "fat," ripe-fruit impression, plump black-fruit Merlot; rich, restrained, fresh, finely, if slightly drily tannic; an elegant, vivid, vital wine, sweetly and freshly ripe, long and even and linear, particularly crisp but very attractively ripe red fruit in character; even, sappy, savory, and long. Just a touch hemmed in by its 100% new-wood cloak? 2026–38+. | 90–92