Michael Schuster: Mid-purple/red; an intense, faintly oak-smoky nose of great presence now and to come; rich, concentrated middleweight, very finely tannic with a lovely depth of fruit, long and generous, fleshy and vital all at once. Great purity, with not a hint of Nuits-St-Georges coarseness or muscle; long and intense across the palate and on the finish, marked by splendid fruit and aromatic persistence. Superb flavor, wonderful purity and class, grand cru quality. 2020–40+. 18/18+