Michel Bettane: Spicy nose, very Pauillac with its tobacco undertones; serious, oak well integrated, not too dry. 16.5

Thierry Desseauve: Classic, fresh, spicy, elegant, not very long but serious. 16

Michael Schuster: Ripely fruited to smell; well balanced in a fulsome style, warm, quite powerful Pauillac, firmly tannic behind its plentiful ripe fruit; but overall fairly sinewy, requiring both time and rich fare to mellow and flatter. 2025–35. 15.5