“Dark floral and black berry fragrances and some toasty aspects on the nose, rich but pure. Scintillatingly fresh and bright, the acidity is the main focus before softly gripping tannins come in and take over. Great structure but still with nuance and soft touches of minerality, mint freshness. A little tight and compact right now, but does display hints of chewy Pomerol charm and density while still being finessed. Elegant, characterful, with a long life ahead.” - Georgina Hindle, Decanter (November 2023), 96/100

“The 5ha Clos du Clocher has pulled off a brilliant trick in 2021, proving as it often does that in difficult years you should look for wines with natural density in their soils. This is powerful, with succulence to its blackberry and damson fruits, and delivers cocoa bean, truffle and bitter almond edging to deepen the effect. Natural yeast, no chaptilisation, no saignée (bleeding of the tanks in the cellar), 37hl/h yield, aged in 50% new oak, and 10% wine globes. In official organic conversion for the first time in 2021, but has been working this way for some time.” - JA, Inside Bordeaux (April 2022), 94/100, Drink 2027–2042