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Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the finest of Pauillac's 5th classified growths, held with competence and care by Mr. François-Xavier Borie and his children. The latest vintages show even greater aromatic precision and tannin nobility, especially the superb 2020 vintage.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (Antonio Galloni - March 2021): 96/100 “The 2018 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is very impressive from the outset. It is ultimately a wine of extraordinary class that remains sober and aristocratic in its ageing. Not to be missed.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2029-2048
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Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the finest of Pauillac's 5th classified growths, held with competence and care by Mr. François-Xavier Borie and his children. The latest vintages show even greater aromatic precision and tannin nobility, especially the superb 2020 vintage.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (Antonio Galloni - March 2021): 96/100 “The 2018 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is very impressive from the outset. It is ultimately a wine of extraordinary class that remains sober and aristocratic in its ageing. Not to be missed.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2029-2048
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Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the finest of Pauillac's 5th classified growths, held with competence and care by Mr. François-Xavier Borie and his children. The latest vintages show even greater aromatic precision and tannin nobility, especially the superb 2020 vintage.
The 2017 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (October 2020): 95/100 “Caressing from the mouth entry, then mellow and melting in the middle, the wine develops very fragrant, on a slippery touch, towards a long, complex and noble finish. It's delicious and unputdownable”.
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2020): 93/100 “This is classic "GPL". The palate is very well balanced with brine-tinged black fruit and a fine bead of acidity. It is beautifully focused with a refined, lightly spiced finish. You have to give this wine time in the glass because it really starts to "flow" after 5-10 minutes. Excellent.”
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2032
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the finest of Pauillac's 5th classified growths, held with competence and care by Mr. François-Xavier Borie and his children. The latest vintages show even greater aromatic precision and tannin nobility, especially the superb 2020 vintage.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2037
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2038
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 94/100 “A success with an elegant, racy profile. The palate is precise, chiseled, with a beautiful intensity of flavors, and concludes with a round, suave finish.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2038
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2019 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (March 2022): 95/100 “Superb ensemble and more precise than ever.”
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2022): 95/100 “A benchmark vintage for the cru”.
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2022): 93/100 “There is more elegance here than I noticed last year. This should evolve into a top-grade Clerc-Milon.”
Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2038
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (November 2020): 95/100 “In 2018, the vintage perfectly manages the richness of the vintage. The wine explodes with fruit, yet is sharp. It retains a very energetic and tonic side.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (November 2020): 95/100 “In 2018, the vintage perfectly manages the richness of the vintage. The wine explodes with fruit, yet is sharp. It retains a very energetic and tonic side.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2019): 95/100 Coup de ♥ “It's hard to resist the charm of this wine, all power and refinement. Everything is in place, it expresses lots of flavors, with very fine-grained tannins, and above all lingers for a long time.”
Vinous (Neal Martin- January 2020): 93/100 “Clerc-Milon 2016 presents a lively bouquet imbued with graphite and well-defined black fruits, with hints of peony and iris petals in the watermark. The classic palate is medium-bodied, with fine-grained tannins, well-balanced acidity and just the right amount of austerity towards a finish with a hint of bitterness. Excellent (and less “closed” than I found it 12 months earlier). Apogee 2021-2036.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2019): 95/100 Coup de ♥ “It's hard to resist the charm of this wine, all power and refinement. Everything is in place, it expresses lots of flavors, with very fine-grained tannins, and above all lingers for a long time.”
Vinous (Neal Martin- January 2020): 93/100 “Clerc-Milon 2016 presents a lively bouquet imbued with graphite and well-defined black fruits, with hints of peony and iris petals in the watermark. The classic palate is medium-bodied, with fine-grained tannins, well-balanced acidity and just the right amount of austerity towards a finish with a hint of bitterness. Excellent (and less “closed” than I found it 12 months earlier). Apogee 2021-2036.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
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Property Rothschild (Mouton), with d'Armailhac. Apart from the terroir, the main difference between the two crus is the increased proportion of Merlot in Clerc-Milon (35% as opposed to 20%), giving it additional smoothness and richness. Since 2007 Clerc-Milon has benefited from its own vat room, a new winery and a dedicated team of 21 people so that Clerc-Milon can compete qualitatively with Lynch-Bages and Pontet-Canet.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Organic certification:
- 2024
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Organic certification:
- 2024
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “The Cabernet grapes give this wine straightforwardness and good definition, but its ageing is still a little marked. The finish stretches out with brilliance and melted tannins, on smoky notes.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 92/100 “It explodes with fruit on the nose [...] full, coated palate that retains all its freshness”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Organic certification:
- 2024
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2023): 95/100 “It's both serious and well-balanced, with a very racy side. Remarkably well-balanced and easily digestible, it finishes with racy, silky tannins and a hint of menthol.”
J-M Quarin (March 2023): 94/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, fruity, creamy and slightly truffled. Minutious on entry, refined to the touch, very aromatic, the wine develops on a graceful general bearing. It melts in the finish, fragrant, long, sappy and very good”.
Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 92/100 “The 2020 Duhart-Milon has a classy, well-defined bouquet, with brambly red fruit, pencil box and scents of autumn leaves, gradually gaining intensity in the glass.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2020): 94/100 “Duhart 2016 confirms its beautiful dispositions, the wine is solid, intense and endowed with a very beautiful substance with a sapid and juicy finish.”
Quarin (February 2020): 94/100 “Very aromatic, very Medoc nose. A touch of ink, on a background of fresh, ripe fruit. Delicious through and through, this wine melts in the mouth, with class in the touch and a finish of refined and even perfumed tannic grain. It's long, very good and the best I've ever tasted.”
Vinous (Antonio Galloni - January 2019): 93/100 “The 2016 Duhart-Milon is absolutely gorgeous. I am pleasantly surprised to see how much textural and weight the 2016 has gained over the course of its aging. Dark, ample and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2016 is positively striking.”More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed, with an unprecedented charm and fatness from the 2015 vintage onwards. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
As the latest Bettane & Desseauve guide (2025) points out, “So many changes in recent vintages, with a great wine that has rediscovered the depth and dimension of the greatest Pauillacs”!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2039
- Potential alcohol:
- 12.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
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- Ready to drink
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (June 2023): 97/100 “Deep mouthfeel, flesh, successful balance between power and freshness, tannins already well refined. Beautiful length built on elegance. Great future.”
Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100
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- Ready to drink
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2018 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (June 2023): 97/100 “Dense mouthfeel, generous fullness balanced by invigorating freshness.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 96/100 “An utterly fabulous wine, the Lynch-Bages 2018 captures all the richness and generosity that make the year so seductive.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2046
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (June 2023): 97/100 “Deep mouthfeel, fatness, great aromatic expression, beautiful tannins [...] A beautiful Lynch-Bages in all its DNA.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2042
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (June 2023): 96/100 “Dense mouthfeel, beautiful mature tannins, spicy and prominent. Very aromatic length enhanced by appetizing freshness. A success of the vintage”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2035
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2040
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2019-2032
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Apart from the first great classified growths, no other Bordeaux wine is as world famous as Lynch-Bages. Its worldwide success comes as much from its opulent, full-bodied and robust style, from its unfailing regularity since 1975, and from its media promotion orchestrated by Jean-Michel Cazes. Lynch-Bages was the first wine sent into space (Discovery shuttle in 1985). It is even said that it is him who gave the taste of Bordeaux to the Americans!
The 2005 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (June 2023): 98/100 “Spherical and velvety on the palate, unctuous substance and tannins lifted by a minty freshness. Very long finish with a range of elegant scents. Irresistible!"
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2017-2030
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2010
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “The 2021 confirms its greatness! The wine offers absolutely magnificent refinement and subtlety. Freshly fruited, it unfolds on the palate with great suavity and silkiness. The substance is superb, the fruit is poised and the tannins are lacy. One of the most charming wines of the vintage”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2010
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Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2023): 99/100 “The wine is spectacular on the palate too, full and vibrant. A touch of acidity gives it plenty of spring and stretches the finish. A bottle of absolute harmony."
Vinous (N. Martin - December 2022): 95/100 “Quite structured on the finish (more so than previous vintages) with a soft, insistent grip. This wine is unquestionably more classic than the 2019 recently tasted blind and should mature well in bottle. Excellent.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
- Organic certification:
- 2010