92 Points, Vinous: "The 2018 Branas Grand Poujeaux is backward but finely detailed on the nose, where precise blackberry and wild strawberry fruit intermingles with briary and, later, cassis and violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, almost understated at first, but it gains depth with aeration and leaves traces of tobacco and tar on the aftertaste. Excellent. Drinking Window: 2023 - 2040." (March 2021)