96pts Decanter

A wine of great intensity and concentration, offering aromas of grapefruit and passionfruit with suggestions of acacia flowers and spice. The texture shows impressive density, but the crisp acidity ensures that this stays lively and dynamic on the palate. The grapes are from the hectare the Chartron family owns here; they were lightly crushed and gently pressed before fermentation in cask (30% new). This will open more in five to seven years and should drink well for at least another 30.

95pts Vinous Media

One of the paler colours with an intense but unforthcoming nose. A concentrated raft of white fruit through the middle, then a more electric mineral finish. There is both more flesh and a little more wood showing, compared to Pucelles. Fine length. Drink from 2028-2032. Tasted Oct 2024.

94pts Burghound

Here too the wood treatment is deft yet perceptible on the nose of citrus, wet stone, white flowers and pretty spice wisps. The super-sleek and almost painfully intense middle weight flavors where the palate feel is akin to rolling a small pebble around the mouth before culminating in a clean and bone-dry though not particularly austere finale. This very firmly structured effort could use more depth so at least a few years of keeping will be necessary. Excellent.