Michael Schuster: Dense, ripe, minerally, persistent, arresting nose; very nicely balanced, concentrated middleweight, fresh in acidity with fine dry tannins; ripe yet dry, long, even, very aromatic and very pebbly behind the fruit; dense without being heavy and with excellent, scented persistence. First-rate Pavilion. 16.5

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Crisp and radiant, great fruit, tight, concentrated tannins. 16