"Nous sommes ici sur le navire amiral de la famille Rolland, un cru situé dans le secteur Maillet, près de la route de Lussac, à la limite de St-Émilion. Complanté de merlot (80%) et de cabernet franc, celui-ci bénéficie de tous les soins et de l'expérience du célèbre flying winemaker. La robe dense de ce 2005 mêle le rubis et le grenat. Au nez, le raisin surmûri (pruneau) s'accompagne d'un boisé réglissé et d'une note de sous-bois. La bouche est opulente et chaleureuse, très charnue, charpentée par des tanins denses et persistants. Un vrai pomerol pour les dix prochaines années. **/*** "

Guide Hachetette des vins 2009

"A superb effort from proprietors Dany and Michel Rolland, the 2005 Bon Pasteur is the antithesis of the kind of wine Rolland’s critics claim he makes (which they ignorantly suggest are over-oaked, over-extracted, and over-the-top). Nothing could be further from the truth. Rolland, a brilliant oenologist, has done more than any other person alive today for the quality of Bordeaux. His 2005 Bon Pasteur is an elegant, subtle, deep ruby/purple-colored wine offering hints of graphite, sweet mocha, black cherries, and berries that build incrementally in the mouth, ending in a cascade of full-bodied, concentrated fruit with good acidity, beautiful tannin, and stunning precision as well as length. The tannin structure suggests 3-5 years of cellaring is warranted, but based on past examples (even the opulent 1982, which is still going strong), the 2005 should age for 25-30 years.94/100"

The Wine advocate, no 170