Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: The noble, spicy, floral notes of great cabernet Sauvignon are unparalleled here; the wine is forthright but with enough substance to envelop the tannins; a textbook finish, with focus and freshness. 18.5

Michael Schuster: Beautiful, fragrant, subtly mineral nose, lingering, delicately fruity, subtly gravelly; very refined, lively, linear wine of moderate fruit concentration but a great concentration of aromas; a particularly refined, dry tannin; a delicate, freshly sweet flavor, very gravel-infused, a long, dry, subtle flavor, discreet, gently sapid, very “Margaux,” just lacking a point in sweetness, but not mean, and with great aromatic length—an echo of the beautiful nose. will be a wine to linger over and admire rather than to be seduced by early in its life. 2025–40+. 18