Andrew Jefford | Dark though just translucent black-red, shading to scarlet at the rim. Pure-fruited yet refined: cherry and bramble fruits with a rose- petal note. Very serene and unfussy; not a hair out of place. Smooth, elegant, soft-contoured, and long, with very little tannin to speak of; instead look for the purity and fresh elegance of its fruits, drawing together at the end into something firmer and more lingering. Bright, fresh, poised, and limpid wine from the St-Emilion-Pomerol border in assured and unfussy style. | 91

Michael Schuster | fine, lightly cedary and persistent nose; medium-full, fresh in acidity, finely firm in tannin; sweet and subtle in flavor, very long across the palate, racy, tenacious, gently mouthcoating, very aromatic and very persistent in fragrance. Classy, complete. A delicious and refined second wine. 2026–40+. | 93