Michael Schuster: Pale lemon-gold; elegantly balanced, moderately concentrated, and with a fresh acidity; sweet, moderately complex wine, quite juicy, pure, characteristically minerally, and with good, if somewhat light, length. Seems to lack a little of the class of the best of this year. 2015–30. 16.5/17

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: An absolute Haut-Sauternes classic, powerful and complex, refined, with wonderfully rich concentration; reaches new heights, with huge aging potential. 18.5