Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Impressively noble texture, and the elegance on the palate is unparalleled in pauillac this year. refined notes of cedar, firm and forward tannins; a great future lies ahead. another top wine of the Medoc, giving their peers some food for thought. 18.5

Michael Schuster: Fragrant, pure, ripe red fruit and subtle oak nose, which should make a most attractive bouquet; a medium-bodied pauillac with a juicily ripe fruit core and finely textured tannin; lovely medium-term balance, classic, fresh, relatively supple claret, pure, transparent, gently gravelly flavor, with fine scented length. complete within the year and very much my style of claret. 2020–30+. 17