Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: This marks the triumphant return of this property to the highest ranks of the appellation, on the same level as many of the crus classés of the sector. A great nose and palate, with stunningly noble aromas, bringing to mind those of a great Pauillac, with a long, harmonious, fresh finish that will recall the wonderful minty quality of the 1955 and 1961. 18

Michael Schuster: Dense, mineral, and faintly animal nose; rich, moderately concentrated, firmly but finely tannic wine; a marked minerality here, behind a lovely core sweetness of fruit, a sweetness rendered particularly toothsome by its freshness of acidity; elegant, ripe, mineral, with a fine, attractively chewy St-Estèphe sinew and good length. 2014–22+. 15/15.5+