A tasting of the different lieux-dits showed how the different soil types reacted to the drought. Granite-based parcels (Ermite, Les Bessards) suffered blockages in ripening and finished at 13% alcohol; the clay-based terroirs (Le Méal, Les Beaumes) didn't stop ripening and finished at 15%. The overall blend will be powerful but fragrant, complex and stylistically sits within other recent dry and hot vintages, and isn't outside the current norm (it's nothing like the similarly extreme 2003). Picking started at the end of August.
98 points, Matt Walls, Decanter (Sep 2023)
Savory elegance and purity scream through amidst this red’s expressive ripeness and power. Enticing notes of fig paste, violet and plum are woven with singed bacon, brown bread, anise and salt. Warm spices and graphite smoke move through the weighty, iron-cast finish, held with well-sculpted tannins; flashes of fresh and dried herbs bring savory energy. Shows great approachability now but will go the distance for decades. Best from 2026 through 2045.
97 points, Kristen Bieler, Wine Spectator (Oct 2025)
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