Stephen Brook: Opaque red. Super-ripe nose, undeniably jammy, but a hedonistic quality that’s hard to resist. This wine certainly has its own signature: sweet and oaky and sensuous. Opulent, luxurious, like sinking on to a pile of cushions, yet there is good acidity, too, so that the wine doesn’t become cloying or fatiguing. Napa comes to St-Emilion. This goes against my principles, but I can’t help liking the wine. It’s very moreish, if not exactly subtle. 17.5

Andrew Jefford: Mid-depth of red-black; translucent now. Attractive melange of ripe, red fruits. Warm, pure, and enticing. Soft, ripe, fruity, and full. Another wine for immediate drinking if you don’t want acidity to get the upper hand, but the fundamental ripeness of the fruits is most attractive, and they haven’t been obscured by silly use of oak or overextraction. 14.5

Michael Schuster: Ripe, sweet fruit on the nose; very nicely balanced, slightly oak-dry-edged, medium-full wine; soft, fresh, ripe fruit, moderately complex, nice, scented length in the mouth, good length on the finish; a touch of oak austerity, but good. Needs a couple of years. 2010–20. 15.5