2014 Mount Mary Quintet Bordeaux Blend

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Mount Mary is one of Australia’s iconic small producers. Established in 1972 by Dr John Middleton their flagship Cabernet blend, Quintet, is the epitome of Bordeaux elegance. In recent years Dr Middleton’s grandson Sam has taken on the winemaker reigns with great success as can be clearly evidenced by this wine. Opaque dark red black colour with a bright youthful purple red hue. Showing both finesse and excellent intensity alluring aromas of red and blackcurrants intermixed with mulberries drift out of the glass over a background of cedary tobacco characters, faint black olive and bay leaf with spice end notes. With all the hallmarks of Quintets elegance and refinement on display the palate has an understated richness with powerful flavours of red currant, blackcurrant and mulberries followed by some spicy cedar, light tobacco infusions and traces of bay leaf. Poised, beautifully integrated fine grained tannins. Concludes with a long aftertaste of red and black currant infused with mulberries, spicy cedar, light tobacco and hints of bay leaf. Will evolve superbly in the cellar over the next 8-10 years.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2014
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot and Petit Verdot
Appellation
Yarra Valley VIC
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Awards
Langton's Classification Exceptional, JH 97 Pts
Winemaker Notes
The grapes are hand harvested, lightly crushed, totally destemmed, fermented in both open and closed fermenters with careful temperature control and frequent pumping over. Malolactic fermentation takes place once primary fermentation is completed. After the lees have settled, the wine is de-vatted to 30% new French oak barriques and 70% large format oak casks in its first year. In its second year, the wine is racked into seasoned two to six-year-old barriques for 10 months.
Other Notes
Max. 1 bottle per order