Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: One sample was tired, another tasted at the property was perfect: wonderful depth, smooth and velvety, a collector’s wine; perfectly balanced flavors and tannins; a precise expression of this exceptional vintage. 18

Michael Schuster: Fine, sweet (Merlot) black- and blueberry fruit—scented and lightly minerally; nicely balanced medium-full wine, moderately concentrated, with a lively defining acidity and a moderate, fine-grained tannin; ripe, sweet, fresh, and supple to taste, long and graceful, with a particularly pleasing juicy quality rather than a grand impression; as so often, a little more flesh (all that Merlot) than the d’Armailhac at a similar quality level. 2017–30. 15.5/16.5