Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Noble aromas, notes of licorice and tobacco, racy tannins; perfect, classic balance that will please Médoc fans. A major success. | 17

Michael Schuster | Softly ripe black-cherry perfumed nose; beautifully balanced, nicely concentrated, delicately and finely tannic; ripe, sweet, mineral-tinged, blackcurrant Cabernet flavor, a crisp but not edgy acidity, a lightly dry wood edge, long and subtly complex across the palate, with a fine, lightly gravel-infused, and ripe-fruited persistence. Lovely claret. 2018–26. | 16.5