Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Lovely structure, more closed and tense at birth than in preceding vintages; firm tannins, in the spirit of Pauillac; excellent start in life. | 16.5

Michael Schuster | Fresh, fragrant, ripe, red-fruit nose, subtly minerally and very nice; medium-full, lively in acidity, very fine and restrained in tannin; pure, almost transparent in character, subtly red-fruit ripe and juicy—a gentle, minerally complexity and with fine aromatic length. Restrained, refined, lighter-style d’Armailhac; should be a beautifully refreshing, fragrant claret. 2018–24. | 16.5