Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: delicate fruit; slight notes of green pepper, which are surprising but far from unpleasant due to their ripeness; svelte, elegant, with powerful length. It’s surprisingly fresh: a great illustration of the vintage. 18

Michael Schuster: ripe, fresh, sweet black-cherry nose; a rich middleweight, with a fine-textured but firm tannin and fresh acidity; long, dense, even wine, with plenty of matter within a very present and firm structure—long-term proportions, that is. red-fruit crisp, intense and close-grained to taste, long across the palate within the grippy tannin texture; complexity clear, and with excellent aromatic length. complete, in a muscular vin de garde style. 2025–35+. 17.5