Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: The day we tasted this, it completely changed our idea of the most perfect wine on Earth. The sublime 87% Cabernet gives the impression of lightness in density, a transcendent finesse that sets it apart from all of the other great wines of the vintage. The tannins are so well integrated that we asked ourselves how the wine stays together! The best Margaux of all time has just been born; it will certainly span two generations. It seems we have another 1900. 20

Michael Schuster: Ripe blackcurrant Cabernet and marked Médoc gravel aromas; persistent, beguiling, and very mineral to smell; immediate impression of velvet texture, a beautifully, delicately rich Margaux, with tannins of such finesse they are almost imperceptible; sweet, generous, purringly resonant to taste; ample, scented, and refined; a mouth-filling purity here, density and delicacy within a fabulously caressing texture, and with a hugely persistent mouth-coating film of subtle aromas and great sweetness of fruit. An effortless tenacity of flavor, intensity without force—quintessential Margaux! Endlessly graceful, scented length. A magnificently beautiful expression of Margaux. 2020–40+. 19/20