Andrew Jefford | Dark black-red, though no longer opaque. Warm, fresh, savory, and mouthwatering, with a knife-and-fork sense of ripeness and generosity. The blackcurrants are rounded, classical, and cedary; enticing and fragrant. An excellent aromatic profile, seemingly uncompromised by the vintage difficulties. The palate (as so often in 2017) is a little more slender than the aromatic profile suggested it would be, but this is frank, concentrated, accessible, and well-rounded Pauillac for the year, and the black fruits (plums, as well as currants) are exuberant and almost lip-smacking in their juicy freshness. There’s nothing forbidding here, and the wine will be accessible soon; it will also hold better than many of its more leanly acidic peers. | 90

Michael Schuster | Softly blackcurrant Cabernet Sauvignon nose; medium-full, fresh, finely tannic, nicely, accessibly balanced. An easy, gently juicy Pauillac of moderate complexity but with an easy, early accessibility, already deliciously fruity within its moderate tannin and requiring little time before offering plenty of very nice, easy Pauillac pleasure. 2023-33+ | 87