Michel Bettane: Good color, flowery charming nose, excellent overall balance; very nice evolution in bottle, and I apologize for misjudging the wine in early samples; classic Margaux style. Supple tannin; almost ready do drink. 16.5

Thierry Desseauve: Elegant and plentiful wine, with fresh berry aromas, ripe structure, slim body, and long length. Classy and pleasant. 16.5

Michael Schuster: Ripe and sweet to smell; nicely balanced, rich, fresh middleweight, with a finely dry tannin; not big, but refined and complete; ripe, sweet, even, and elegant across the palate, and with fine, scented persistence; long and graceful, subtle and complete Margaux; still quite firm, but without asperity. Excellent Brane Cantenac. 2014–28+. 17