Andrew Jefford | Very deep black-red, out to scarlet at the rim. Another seductively sweet-fruited aroma: a pure drift-net of black-cherry and plump-scented plum quilts the glass. It is less floral (for example) than Château Canon, and the fruits are slightly more deeply toned but the vintage-related charm is the same. The palate is ample and fine-fruited, soft- textured, caressing, and long. The fruits are complex, rich with plum and damson; there is just a hint of meat and stone; the tannins (much more ample than those of Château Canon, for example) almost seem to have a limestone salinity to them. Everything is sweetness and grace, and the wine has a wonderful complexity: truly remarkable work here, and the finest Belair-Monange I can recall. | 95

Michael Schuster | Intense, fragrant, almost floral-sweet nose tinged with minerals; rich and powerful, firmly, if finely tannic; an abundance of flavor, sweet, ripe, tasty, complex, but also quite forceful for the cru, with a lovely length of flavor and of aftertaste. Imposing, impressive, powerful for Belair. 2030–50+. | 93+