Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Unctuous and smooth, lots of fruit and floral notes, with a buoyant and persistent acidity, which carries the wine and gives it a lively character. notes of fresh almonds on the finish. 18

Michael Schuster: ripe, subtle, black- cherry fruit; rich, fleshy conseillante, with a fine, moderately firm tannin and a fresh acidity; a combination of ripeness and freshness of fruit, which “makes the juices run.” Elegance rather than power, but pure, pliant, and beautifully juicy, with fine length and great fruit persistence. Seductively harmonious. 2020–30+. 18