Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: Extremely ripe, rich, unctuous, and complex, but the oak is overpowering at the moment. As with the red, we know that this is just temporary. 17.5

Michael Schuster: Pale, turbid lemon; light, fresh, minerally, aromatic nose, with its Semillon fat clear, its Sauvignon aromas muted; fairly rich, supple middleweight, with a good acidity for the year; plenty of ripe melon and guava fruit, long and quite fleshy, attractively aromatic, nice length to finish; quite powerful but not hot. Will drink well early and likely keep and develop, too. 2014–22+. 16.5/17