86 pts - Wine Advocate
A light wine by the standards of this property, this herbaceous, spicy, red currant and plum-scented wine shows weedy notes of green tea intermixed with cherries and some washed-out red currants. It is a pleasant, picnic-styled Grand-Puy-Lacoste to drink during its first 5-7 years of life. - WA (4/2005)
83 pts - Wine Spectator
Aromas of blackberry and clove follow through to a medium body, with light tannins and a delicate finish. Drink now. - WS (12/2007)
88 pts - Vinous
Good red-ruby. Black fruits, licorice and shoe polish, with a light roasted note. Then dry, inky and penetrating, with medicinal black fruits and nutty oak showing. Finishes with dusty, even tannins and an edge of acidity. Classic, rather austere Pauillac, with moderate texture and ripeness. ST (6/2005)