Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Deep, opaque color, lovely expression of ripe black fruit on the nose (prunes); rich, generous, and intense, hot—which unfortunately restricts the freshness on the finish. 17/17.5

Michael Schuster: Densely ripe blackberry and blueberry fruit; rich, ample, very well constituted wine with a generous, fleshy core and a refined, non-excessive tannin texture; ripe, juicy flavor with a clear St-Emilion delicacy; long, pure, and subtle alongside the seductive juiciness of fruit; blackberry and cassis sweet, delicate, refined, transparent, fresh. You accept the slight wood dryness as part of the style, since it doesn’t really get in the way, and the core fruit is so beautiful. A long, sweet, warm, fruit-fragrant finish. Lovely Troplong, its alcohol weight notwithstanding. 2018–40. 17/17.5