Tasting Note
This is a very tight, structured style, with powerful but ripe tannins, and tightly-knit fruit, well focused and defined. Fresh and balanced, with an attractive dry heart to the wine: this is real Pessac! This is an extremely good rendition of Smith rouge, where the increase in the proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon (now 70% of the blend) has yielded a drier, more serious wine than other recent vintages. Ageworthy. – Nick Jackson, MW