A very reliable cru bourgeois from St.-Estephe, this wine exhibits notes of damp forest floor intermixed with excellent black cherry and black currant fruit. Some hints of camphor and truffle are also present in this medium to full-bodied, well-made wine. It should drink nicely for at least a decade. (A member of the Association of Crus Bourgeois du Medoc.)

On the softer side, with a hint of mulled plum and currant fruit to the notes of smoked mesquite and tobacco leaf that mingle through the open-knit finish. A rather tender style for the appellation. Drink now through 2019. 7,400 cases made. -JM

Dense red, good depth of fleshy, earthy fruit, a well-made robust yet elegant wine.

90-92 Barrel sample. Solid, chunky and rich, with firm tannins, classic blackcurrant fruit, a definite tough edge. Good for aging.——R.V.(8/9/2010)—— 91