Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Due to the vintage, this wine is imposing, strict, and not very friendly for now; the finish is still quite young. It doesn’t have the aromatic finesse or elegance to rival the alter Ego or the Clos du Marquis. 17

Michael Schuster: Dense, ripe black fruit and pebbly minerality; elegant middleweight of a moderate concentration and a very fine, lightly dry tannin; sweet, juicy, open, ripe fruit in flavor, with a gentle “race” and complexity; pure, subtly mineral, long and even to taste, with a delicious flesh and superb length. Very nice indeed. 2020–30. 17