"It spent 17 months in 40% new French oak prior to bottling in June 2023. Raspberries and cherries are joined by hints of mint and dried herbs, plus some mocha shadings. Like any top Bordeaux, this medium to full-bodied wine is taut and firm, in need of time in the cellar." -Wine Advocate

"It's another brilliant 2021 displaying a vibrant ruby/purple hue as well as stunning aromatics of black raspberries, blackcurrants, spring flowers, lead pencil, and hints of damp earth, and you'd be excused if you called this a top Pauillac in a blind tasting. It has the vintage's focused, concentrated, structured style on the palate and is medium to full-bodied, with building yet ripe, polished tannins and a gorgeous finish. It's not for the instant gratification crowd and needs a solid 4-6 years of bottle age, but it's going to be a 30+-year wine." - Jeb Dunnuck

"It’s a saturated black red in colour, with melting, yielding black-fruit aromas on the nose (bramble, damson, elderberry). There are flowers, and a box- or privet-like freshness generating lift for those fruits. On the palate, the wine is ample and mouthfilling, packed with pure, fresh, floral fruits -- yet suggesting a little exotic spice, too. The diagnostically soft yet ample Napa tannins are much in evidence, both lending the wine seriousness and food-friendliness yet also ensuring that it will endure well in time. That freshness (early evening breezes cooling the Stag’s Leap Palisades, perhaps?), so intrinsic to this wine, will surely last well, too, and perhaps even carry the wine’s beguiling floral perfumes with it through time." -Decanter