Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve | Admirable licorice nose, delicious texture, very well-integrated wood (bravo!). Longer than the other samples; will be a major star of the vintage if it confirms in bottle. | 18

Michael Schuster | Freshly ripe nose; mid-weight wine with a fair amount of matter for the year, a lively acidity and firm but not coarse tannin; brisk, red-fruit flavor, of modest depth and scope for the property; flowing, gently juicy, and with a good light length. Lacking its usual density but will be elegantly attractive all the same. 2018–28. | 16.5