2011 Quintus

95 POINTS

Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

Very complex nose, with tons of red fruit, plus notes of mint, laurier and finest bitter chocolate. But even that doesn’t quite prepare you for the wonderfully sensual way in which the wine glides over the palate. The fine tannins build beautifully at the very long and refined finish. A stunning wine for this vintage! Château Quintus vertical tasting. SP.

92 POINTS

James Suckling

Spice and dried fruit with blackberry. Medium to full body, integrated tannins and a fresh finish. Delicious.

92 POINTS

James Suckling

Lovely berry and plum character with sweet tobacco, chocolate and leather. Full body and lightly chewy with just the right tension between tannins and fruit. Pretty finish with just a touch of wood at the end. Better in 2016.

90 POINTS

Wine Spectator

Shows a lightly briary edge, with good focus to the damson plum, currant and blackberry fruit, pierced by singed mesquite and tobacco notes and backed by a lightly chalky thread.

90 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This wine is ripe and juicy, with full, soft tannins, jammy fruit and sweet plum flavors. It shows the acidity of the year with final notes of tobacco and smoke. —R.V

90 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

89-91. Barrel sample. This wine is ripe and juicy, with full, soft tannins, jammy fruit and sweet plum flavors. It shows the acidity of the year with final notes of tobacco and smoke.

90 POINTS

Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

This blend of 50.5% Merlot and 49.5% Cabernet Franc will be aged in between 40% and 50% new oak and reached 13.9% alcohol. Licorice, earth, spice, floral and jammy black cherry are present in this soft, fresh, medium-bodied wine that ends with fresh red berries and minerality. 90-91 Pts

Neal Martin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 50.5% Merlot and 49.5% Cabernet Franc (although the latter represents one-third of the plantings.) There are only about 17,000 bottles of the Grand Vin. It displays fine intensity on the nose with ripe black cherries, cassis and a touch of dark plum, the Cabernet Franc taking time to emerge from under the aromatic carapace of the Merlot. The palate has a sweet opening with saturated tannins, crisp acidity, the Merlot again quite powerful and sinewy with a long sweet tail on the finish that is just slightly attenuated. I would like to see more expression of the Cabernet Franc, although perhaps that might come with time. Tasted April 2012