Michel Bettane: Very complete and complex nose; harmonious integration of oak; supervelvety and elegant texture; evidence of high alcohol content again, but impressive length. You seldom meet a Fronsac with such a noble definition 17

Thierry Desseauve: Spicy and very ripe wine; a lot of intensity, flesh, and structure; generously built-in alcohol 15

Michael Schuster: Very ripe fruit to smell, almost a touch of raisin; sweetly fruited, supple wine, with a lightly dry tannin, modest complexity, but nice light length. An easy, accessible drink in a year where many lesser clarets are rather sharp and edgy. Drink now–2017 15 +