Michael Schuster: Intense, fresh, ripe blackberry and black-cherry nose; rich, firm, fairly full-bodied and moderately tannic wine; more muscle than many Pomerols this year, a more clayey density? But balanced and not excessive; a firm frame round an intense, fresh, fairly complex fruit. Very good length. Unlike many Pomerols in this vintage, this will need time. 17.5

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: A very great wine of textbook perfection and the star of Pomerol in this vintage: complete, classically fragrant and very concentrated. 18