Michael Schuster | fine nose; rich and fleshy and fresh, with particularly fine tannins, a beautifully balanced wine; deep and sweet, long and creamy, with a velvety, enveloping tannin texture and a clear mineral aromatic complexity behind the fleshy ripeness. A plateau Pomerol with considerable scope and reach and marked, gently spicy aromatic length. After 30 years under the ownership of AXA Millésimes (Pichon Baron etc), and struggling a bit as an expression of Pomerol, this is the first vintage under the same management as Château Beauregard (who purchased the property in April 2020) and it is, after a very long time, finally a great expression of this fine vineyard. It will be absolutely delicious. 2026–46+.