Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Huge substance, dense texture, noble tannins, and amazing length on the palate; will continue its prodigious evolution over the next 30 years! 19

Michael Schuster: Softly sweet blackberry nose; a generous constitution: rich core, fine, firm tannins, fresh acidity; ripe and fleshy blackberry/blackcurrant fruit to taste; vibrant, gently complex, easy, abundant, satisfying wine; a gratifying, classic St-Julien. Sweet and juicy, long and refined, too, with excellent, gently scented length. Perhaps not the absolute scope of the top second-growth St-Juliens, but this will make a gorgeous glass of mature claret. 2020–40. 17/17.5+