Michel Bettane: Delicious flowery nose, refined texture, elegant tannins; very long and insinuating finish, lots of class, but it is possible to imagine and ask for more intensity and volume 17.5

Thierry Desseauve: Light color; blue currant; supple attack; good length, persistence. Needs time to unveil 16

Michael Schuster: Fine, intense cedar, mineral, and blackcurrant Cabernet nose; very nicely balanced fresh, rich middleweight, with a finely firm tannic frame; long and complex to taste; sweet, rich, aromatic, and persistent, but as with many of the year’s firmer wines, needing time. 2018–30+ 17