2011 Le Dragon de Quintus
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NHB! Beast of a bottle! Domaine Clarence Dillon needs to pay a fine for putting wine into bottles like this. Dried-currants nose. Inky, with an oddly confected vanilla-and-blackcurrant-sugar sweetness. Well-proportioned between tannin, acidity and fruit. Cedar shavings and fragrant ground coriander and allspice. The finish is intensely cassis. (TC)
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From the first vintage of this ex Tertre Daugay property. A little bit simple and sweet but not too thick. (JR)
Dark with char and dark chocolate on the nose. Much cooler and more supple than I expected on the palate. Juicy length. Grippy tannins but a long juicy finish escapes the structure. (JH)
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.