Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Linear and fruit-forward, with notes of violet, the wine is appealing and complex and elegant on the palate. The alcohol and the richness are perfectly balanced by the freshness of the tannins. 17.5

Michael Schuster: Ripe, plummy, natural black-cherry and mineral nose; nicely balanced, medium-full wine, finely if dryly tannic, with a nice but not excessive concentration, and a fresh acidity; long and quite racy to taste, well sustained across the palate, gently spicy, sweetly ripe, black-cherry and oak-vanilla flavors; a nice mouth-filling fragrance, a gentle minerality, and a long, gently sweet, perfumed finish. Very nice. 2018–30. 16.5/17