JAMES SUCKLING: "Lots of iodine and oyster-shell aromas, together with blackberry and black cherry, following through to a medium to full body. Polished yet slightly chewy tannins and a fresh finish. Grilled orange. 70.4% merlot, 18.2% cabernet sauvignon and 11.4% cabernet franc."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "One of the finest second wines in this vintage is the 2021 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, a medium to full-bodied, deep and layered wine evocative of dark berries, plums, pipe tobacco and burning embers. Built around powdery tannins and lively acids, it's an elegant, seamless cuvée that does bear more than a passing resemblance to the grand vin." - William Kelley

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feines Nougatkaramell, schwarze Kirschen, ein Hauch von Orangenzesten, Kräuterwürze. Mittlerer Körper, dezente Fruchtsüße, reife Herzkirschen, fein strukturiert, gut antrinkbar, vielseitig einsetzbar." - Peter Moser