Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: a full-bodied pauillac, intense and straightforward, younger and more reduced than armailhac, carried by powerful tannins and reinforced by a high natural acidity. with six more months in barrel, it will be easier to tell where the wine going. 17.5

Michael Schuster: Slightly wood- dominated aromas; rich fresh in acidity, fine in tannin, with the more “fluid” core and mid- palate than the d’armailhac from the high proportion of Merlot; ripe, fresh, and flowing, with a modest complexity and firmish cabernet tannins, which feel as though they will indeed firm up, and a light, medium length. 2020–30+. 16