Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Opulent and full—a true Medoc wine, with notes of cedar and tobacco, and elegant tannins. It doesn’t compete with the ten best classed growths or with the great 2010, but it’s better balanced than the 2009. 16

Michael Schuster: Light, dense, ripe nose to smell; elegant, fresh, and even, with a very gentle tannin; a fresh attack, a light fruit of purity and transparency, modest complexity, and excellent aromatic length. not a big wine, with the emphasis more on aromas than flesh, but no lack of ripeness. will be very attractive without being grand. 2018–25+. 15.5