Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Delicate and bright acidity, thanks to some 30 percent Cabernet Franc; the wine is elegantly fruity. this is perhaps the wine that comes closest to perfection in a vintage that lacks opulence. wonderful length, wonderful fruit, floral and refined: brilliant style. 19

Michael Schuster: Beautifully ripe and perfumed to smell; a rich, vital, velvety wine, finely tannic, with an impressive density of very sweet-cored black fruit; long, firm, and classy to taste, dense and creamy and with a delicious freshness defining its sweet sapidity; beautiful, beguiling, elegant pomerol, very prolonged and fragrant to finish. a wonderful VCC, full of long-term promise. 2022–35+. 18