Michael Schuster: Dense, closed, fragrantly fine to smell; rich, elegant, very finely tannic, beautifully constituted; so sweetly ripe, yet so fresh in flavor; quiet-spoken, very long to taste, effortlessly classy, with classic, elegant red Bordeaux proportions and subtle gravel aromas; an unobtrusive flesh, long and aromatic across the palate and to finish. Discreet power. Like the 2015, a very fine, complete, longterm Montrose. 2030–45+. 93–95

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Surprising density to the flesh, even compared to the usual criteria, intense, mineral, marvelously precise, illustrating the current work done in the great properties of the Médoc. 98