Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: The wine has great vinosity and lots of personality; notes of cedar and tobacco are perfectly in line with the Rothschild style; the firm tannins make this a textbook Pauillac. 18

Michael Schuster: Ripe Merlot fruit to smell, fresh and lightly mineral; medium-full, a fleshy core, fresh and finely, drily tannic; crisp, gently juicy flavor in a slightly austere mold, with firm tannin for the weight of fruit, modest complexity, and a dry finish of medium length. 2019–30. 16