Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Alluring nose of peonies and ripe fruit; the texture is rich and creamy, with round, juicy, spicy tannins. deliciously charming and dense, with a distinguished, floral finish. 16

Michael Schuster: Fine, sweet, stylish black-fruit nose; fairly concentrated, fresh and elegant, slightly wood-dry in tannin texture, but pure, long, even, gently complex, with excellent length of gently spicy fruit on the finish; a fine St-Emilion delicacy here—a much less “excessive” style than hitherto. 2020–30+. 17