Allen Meadows - Score: 92-94 (2022 January)

This is also beautifully perfumed with really pretty red berry scents cut with notes of earth, oak, anise and violet. There is a bit more size and weight if less minerality to the larger-scaled flavors that coat the palate while exhibiting fine length on the serious built-to-age finish. This is not a huge wine by the typical standards of the appellation but then again, the Bertheau version rarely is; indeed it's more of a Bonnes Mares of finesse and understatement.