Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Very generous nose, full, velvety texture, and a surprisingly tender mid-palate compared to the powerful tannic base. The effects of the high level of Merlot are evident. | 17.5

Michael Schuster | Light, fresh, minerally nose, a fine aroma; a little bit of immediate flesh, soon taken over by the impression of red-fruit leanness; tannins that are firm without being coarse, and an overall impression of a flowing, easy, relatively straightforward wine, of limited scope; finishes dry and of medium length; will need a decade. For La Mission, not much length to speak of across the palate or on the finish. Here, too, good, but not grand. 2020–30. | 16.5