98 points - Wine Spectator
96 points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 points - Stephen Tanzer's Int'l Wine Cellar
19/20 points - Jancis Robinson
96 points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 points - Stephen Tanzer's Int'l Wine Cellar
19/20 points - Jancis Robinson
"Gorgeous as ever, even if the 1982 is standing up a little more strongly today. This is still full of tannins, rich and textured fruit and lilting freshness, fragrant, concentrated and generous. And the yield, if you can believe it, was 67hl/h. The release price of this 1983 was 170 francs, as was the 1982. 4% Cabernet Franc rounds out the blend. Paul Pontallier's first vintage - although he also oversaw the ageing and bottling of the 1982. His thesis, by the way, was on oak ageing, and this is 100% new oak."
98 points - Decanter
"This has always been said to be the best wine of the 1983 vintage in Bordeaux because the appellation of Margaux performed slightly better in 1983 than in the legendary 1982 vintage. It certainly is more structured than the 1982 Margaux. It is incredibly fresh and clean still. It's full-bodied and tannic, structured and powerful yet shows such balance and length."
98 points - James Suckling