Firm and prominent yet dusty tannins show one side of the richness of the vintage. The other is ripe, black fruits, with acidity in fine balance. This estate, under the same ownership as Leoville las Cases, is serious Medoc, needing to age.

Solid, if a bit chunky, with cocoa and ganache coating a core of black currant and blackberry fruit that hangs through the muscular finish, where a warm paving stone note rings out. A touch austere, but the stuffing is there for cellaring. Best from 2014 through 2020.