98 Points from Neal Martin: "Tasted at a private dinner in Antwerp. This legendary wine was a Vandermeulen bottling and came from a famous Belgian collector i.e. this is no fake. It displays a similar colour to the 1949 – quite deep for its age, its russet rim giving away its pensionable age. The bouquet is heavenly with dark plum, black truffle, mint and wild heather that evolves into a more Left Bank persona, hints of cedar and undergrowth emerging with rim. The palate is medium-bodied with suppler tannins than the 1947, a little more “girth” perhaps. It is beautifully balanced with vestiges of brambly blackberry, cedar, tobacco and undergrowth that segues into a confident, saline finish. It is a delectable Petrus with the weight of what once must have been an immensely powerful Pomerol, but this bottle suggests that time is beginning to abrade and loosen the seams. This is a privilege to imbibe." (Wine Advocate, 11/2013)