Michel Bettane: Golden color, very rich, elegant but lacking some zesty aromatic notes and a dense inner core; long finish; excellent but not great. 17

Thierry Desseauve: Super-gold color, rich candied and marmalade orange and citrus aromas, super-creamy, intense, powerful, great potential. 19

Michael Schuster: Pale gold; rich, complex, oaky nose; rich, concentrated, supple yet fresh Sauternes, perfectly balanced in a softer style; deep, rich, intensely sweet, almost fleshy expression of the commune; very long to taste, complex, graceful and harmonious—a particularly elegant expression of this very rich, very sweet vintage, with great tenacity of flavor and great length. Delicious already, clearly decades in hand. Now to 2040+. 18.5