Michael Schuster: Discreetly mineral, faintly nutty nose, very persistent; rich without being heavy, fresh in acidity, finely dry in tannin, a very poised balance; crisply sweet in flavor, with a restrained but subtly “fat” fruit but above all claret “dry,” and dominated by its mineral element and aromas; racy and complex, aromatic, aristocratic, prolonged in both flavor and aftertaste, an aftertaste with fruit at its core, but as with the palate, gravelly aromas particularly clear. Very fine Ducru with such a constant inner energy. What a wine! Of great intensity and scope, at such a moderate dynamic. Effortlessly complete. Right up with the first growths? And its third great wine in a row. 2030-50. 95–97

Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Perfect aroma of cedar, the racy texture of a premier cru, a precise finale, one of this vintage’s summits in the Médoc. 98