2012 Quintus
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Tasting notes
The 2012 Quintus has a rich and fleshy bouquet with upfront, expressive red fruit with vanilla and liquorice aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with lower acidity than its peers, just a tad smudged on the finish but with greater persistence than either Péby-Faugères and Canon-la-Gaffelière. Tasted twice with consistent notes, the second perhaps just a little drier than the first. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.
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James Suckling
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Tasted blind. Slightly cloudy crimson. Grainy, ‘gritty’ nose. Fruit seems tired with a suggestion of oxidation. Hot, very drying finish. Ch Pavie? (JR)
Mouthwatering, juicy, raspberry fruits, plenty of salinity and rosemary, sage herbs. This is enjoyable, with grip and power and balance at 10 years old, and depth through the mid palate. Second vintage of this new wine, created by the Haut-Brion family in 2011 from the purchase of Château Tertre Daugay - and at this point it was entirely made from this formerly classified property (beginning its expansion with the addition of Château L'Arrosée in 2013). 51% new oak, 42hl/h yield.
Tasted blind. Weak rim. Aromatic. Fairly light but quintessential lunchtime claret. Good balance in a fairly weak idiom. Slightly sandy-textured finish that’s quite persistent. (JR)
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.