93–95. Barrel sample. A complex and very successful wine, this shows rich tannins, dark fruits, a powerful texture of ripe blackberry fruits and spiced acidity. It will shine with some serious aging.
— R.V.
(4/9/2013)
92-94 Barrel sample. This is a gorgeous, rounded wine with ripe tannins, very pure fruit and layers of almost sweet acidity. This biodynamic vineyard, rare in Bordeaux, is consistently producing top quality wines.
— R.V.
(6/20/2006)
92—94 Barrel sample. One of the few biodynamic properties in Bordeaux, this estate makes stunning wine. No exception this year, a powerful, pure fruity wine, stacked with blackberries and dark chocolate oak tannins.
— R.V.
(12/31/2009)
Very straight, firm, a wine that seems to be developing slowly. The blackberry fruits are impressive, rich and pure, and the tannins form a dense core of darkness. The wood is currently showing too strongly, but the fruit will certainly open out in a year or so. An impressive wine, but it needs time.
— R.V.
(6/1/2008)
92-94 Barrel sample. A dense wine, very rich and concentrated, the Cabernet Franc tannins giving bitter chocolate and dark structure. Meantime, the fruit is ripe, sweet, packed with blackberry flavors.
— R.V.
(8/9/2010)
With its big, ripe chocolate, raising and dark plums flavors, this is a deliciously perfumed wine, its tannins a firm motif around the rich fruit. At the end, it exhibits the freshness of the year.
— R.V.
(4/1/2011)
92-94 An elegant wine, its perfumed Cabernet Franc flavors giving the wine shape, some density and fine tannins. It is showing delicious berry fruits, followed by a fresh, juicy aftertaste.
— R.V.
(6/25/2011)
Deliciously perfumed wine, full of the ripest fruit along with smoky tannins. It revels in the bright fruit flavors that add to the pleasure. This is a wine that will develop relatively quickly, although it will age as well.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)