Michael Schuster: Bright, greeny gold; spicy, citrus, and noble-rot complexity on the nose; a rich, ample wine, with a fine, defining acidity; a little touched by its new wood currently; intensely sweet, long, exciting, and complex to taste. A beautifully sustained flavor—rich, taut, complex, and vigorous; great generosity, but entirely without heaviness or excess, and with a splendid, powerfully aromatic finish. A most complete and classy aristocrat. 2017–40+. 18.5/19.5

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: A monster in a vintage of giants! Huge, but harmonious in its monumentality, with just the right touch of oak, but obviously this amount of complexity needs a few additional months in barrel to overcome the dominating sweetness. 18.5