Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: a great achievement, with one of the richest, most balanced textures of pauillac this year, the oak remarkably elegant. highly recommended. 18

Michael Schuster: Especially minerally to smell; a very friendly middleweight balance, with a modest concentration of fruit, a gentle dry tannin, and a perfectly integrated fresh acidity; long and even, with a juicy raspberry ripeness of flavor and a freshly sweet red-fruit persistence; both elegance and surprising finesse for the cru. not big, but certainly stylish. 2020–30+. 16.5