2022 Quintus
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The 2022 Quintus has an intense, powerful bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and floral, violet scents that retains delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine tannins, quite tensile from start to finish with just the right amount of bitterness and sapidity on the finish. Curiously, not a popular wine amongst fellow tasters, but I can see its long-term potential. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
James Suckling
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The best wine produced at Quintus yet pops with just a sniff of its perfume before you get to the palate, which is the star of the show. Silky, elegant, and sensuous. There is a beauty in the purity and the refinement here that stand out. The mineral-driven finish is perfect with its blend of ripe fruits and minerality that lingers! The wine blends 58% Merlot, with 42% Cabernet Franc. Drink from
This is so floral and aromatic with intense flowers, potpourri and dark fruits as well as raspberries. Medium- to full-bodied, it has really tight, precise and fine-textured tannins that run the length of the wine. Crunchy and bright. Nice acidity. Best after 2029.
About the producer
Ch. Quintus is the flagship Saint-Emilion estate of Domaine Clarence Dillon (owners of Ch. Haut-Brion and Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion). Following the purchase of Ch. Tertre Daugay in 2011 and Ch. l’Arrosée in 2013, the two were merged to form Ch. Quintus. The first vintage of the wine was 2011.