Michael Schuster | Densely ripe, and yet also fresh and crisp to smell; rich, fresh to vital, firmly but finely tannic, a first-rate long-term balance. Deep, ripe, fresh black fruit to taste, deeply mineral-infused, dense and sonorous, within a generous, but super-fine-grained velvety tannin. An effortlessly prolonged inner energy on the mid-palate, with a remarkable vitality given its richness; mouth-coating, great elegance, and wonderful length. A wine so complete and yet seeming so light alongside its density. Grand and yet so easy, so flattering, the mark of a great aristocrat whose presence speaks for itself; it has no need to bellow to make its point. Utterly magnificent. 2035–65+.