Good deep red. Ripe, nuanced nose offers red fruits, coffee, mocha and underbrush. Suave and silky, with uncommon sweetness for this cuvee; perhaps less classic than the Cros Parantoux but rich and soil-inflected. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins and notes of iron and tobacco.

A ripe, expressive and airy nose that combines both upper and mid-level register fruit notes that include red pinot, black berry and violet notes trimmed in moderate wood spice as well as natural spice notes of clove and anise that can also be found on the round, rich and beautifully balanced big-bodied flavors that are powerful, long and more stylish than usual. This is a terrific Ech that should be capable of at least a decade's worth of improvement. Drink 2015+.
– Burghound.com, Issue 25. Tasted: Jan 2007

Sweet, perfumed and winning. This is so fruity it would be easy to enjoy without food but lacks the ingredient X and complexity tat clearly marks it out as a Grand Cru. Not that concentrated. (JR)