Tasting note

The 1996 Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre is beginning to drink beautifully, unwinding in the glass with aromas of plums and cassis mingled with fresh tobacco, subtle spices and sweet soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with superb purity of fruit, fine concentration and melting tannins, it is entering what it sure to be a broad plateau of maturity.

Score: 94

William Kelley, Issue 259 End of February 2022, The Wine Advocate, March 2022