Andrew Jefford | Dark, opaque black-red. Plummy and soft, with some oak sweetening. Very soft on the palate, very round, with much more significant acidity than tannin and some palpable oak. If the oak settles down and recedes, this wine may merit a marginally higher score in due course. | 87

Michael Schuster | Fresh, ripe, red-fruit sweet to smell; a finely tannic medium-weight, Margaux-delicate but gently juicy in flavor, with a fine, subtle aromatic character, a good length of flavor, and nice, fragrant persistence. Attractive mid-rank Margaux, still a little wood-dry. Now to 2030. | 88