Andrew Jefford | Dark black-red. Sweet, earthy scents of pronounced classicism: fine-grained blackcurrant finesse here, sweetened with violet and woodruff, without any trace of green. Pure and sustained. The palate is exactly as the nose sketched out: fresh, perfumed currants from top to bottom, teased to full ripeness and full of structured poise. A reference wine for the vintage. 2018–25. | 91

Michael Schuster | Rich and ripe to smell, a most attractive bouquet in prospect; medium-full, fresh in acidity, finely firm in tannin, a particularly harmonious balance; sweetly, ripely fruited, long and graceful to taste, not grand or showy, but complete and with a very fine persistence of aftertaste. Excellent, understated Pauillac. 2024–36+. | 92