Chateau Quintus Grand Cru Saint Emilion 2019

Chateau Quintus Grand Cru Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France, 2019  

Grapes: 55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Franc, limestone soil, close neighbour to the likes of top chateaux including Canon, Ausone and Angelus.

Owned by Domaine Clarence Dillon (of Haut-Brion & La Mission fame) since 2011 and produced at the 29ha classed growth vineyard previously known as Tertre-Daugay.

Chateau Tasting Note:

This Quintus is a deep red colour with crimson highlights. The bouquet is powerful, intense and complex, and bursting with notes of ripe, black fruit, particularly blackcurrant. Spicy, subtle overtones are already perceptible. Starts out broad-based and fleshy, with a remarkably caressing sensation, becoming full-bodied, with smooth, creamy fine-grained tannins mid-palate. The finish is long, without any hardness whatsoever. A perfect marriage between Merlot and Cabernet Franc, whereby the qualities of each grape variety are expressed to the full. This 2019 Quintus is clearly a tremendous success.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"Quite spicy, with intense notes of flowers, mint, tobacco leaf, cherries, plums, cloves, licorice, espresso, and crushed stone on the nose. Soft, silky, and fresh, the wine is long, vibrant, supple, and finishes with plums, cherries, and a touch of chocolate mint with 5 spice. The Grand Vin, which comes from only 26% of the crop was produced from blending 55% Merlot with 45% Cabernet Franc."

95/100 points, Jeff Leve, THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER, March 2022

"The 2019 Quintus exhibits aromas of rich, plummy fruit mingled with exotic spices and smoky, toasty new oak. Full-bodied, broad and textural, it's rich and fleshy, with a ripe core of fruit, lively acids and powdery structuring tannins."

93/100 points, William Kelley, WINE ADVOCATE, April 2022