“Right up there with the best Stellenbosch Bordeaux-style blends from the exceptional 2017 vintage, this is a distinguished, patrician wine where everything is in place: tannins, acidity, oak and fruit concentration. Marrying Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it has iodine and mint aromas, red berry and cassis flavours, subtle vanilla spice and impressive underlying structure.”
97 Points, Tim Atkin MW
“Transparent crimson. Intense nose has ripeness but also the savour of a fine red bordeaux – thanks to top-quality oak? No hint of excess herbaceousness. Very composed and actually already approachable. Well balanced and very long indeed. A credit to May-Eliane de Lencquesaing of Pichon Lalande, who owns this estate.”