Chateau Quintus 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "The purity of the fruit here is so impressive, with raspberry, lead pencil, cedar and sandalwood. Medium to full body with very fine and intense tannins that run the length of the wine. Mineral. Tensioned. Beautifully integrated and sophisticated at the end. Lightly salty. 78.3% merlot and 21.7% cabernet franc."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "This year, the 2023 Quintus is a well-performing wine, possessing a dense, complex bouquet of smoke, dark wild berries and licorice intertwined with a delicate, oaky frame. Fleshy and ample, medium to full-bodied, it’s perfectly balanced with a delicate, lively core of fruit and a long, ethereal and chalky finish. The influence of the Grand Pontet limestone plateau lends additional straightness and precision to this wine, a blend of 78.3% Merlot and 21.7% Cabernet Franc."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart floral, schwarze Waldbeeren, reife Kirschen, Brombeeren, kandierte Orangenzesten, mineralischer Touch. Saftig, komplex, reife Herzkirschen, runde Tannine, frisch strukturiert, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, zeigt gute Länge, feine Süße im Nachhall, sicheres Reifepotenzial."