Australia's premier cool climate Cabernet. It was John Middleton's dream to create such a wine and purchased the Mount Mary property in the Yarra Valley in 1971 to persue this dream. Quintet is his dream realised and is a blend of the classic Bordeaux varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
Totally opaque black dark red colour showing impressive depth with a vibrant deep dark red purple tinged hue. Refined yet showing tremendous aromatic intensity scents of ripe red currants and mulberries subtlety tinged with a hint of violets sail from the glass over cedary tobacco characters, faint earth and spice. The graceful medium bodied palate showcases Quintet’s hallmark attributes of elegance and finesse bolstered by an additional level of richness and power attributable to the outstanding 2015 vintage conditions. Orchestrating their way across the palate are mouthfilling flavours of black and red currant as well as mulberries underscored by complexing elements of spicy cedar, light tobacco and faint earthy dried herb infusions. Very polished, perfectly integrated tannins are in perfect harmony with the fruit. Outstanding length with an exceptionally persistent, long and savoury conclusion of red and blackcurrant, mulberry, cedary tobacco characters, earthy dried herbs and spice.
Drinking Window: 2023-2045
Alc. 13.3%
Other Reviews….
Just because the Mount Mary wines are famed for their purity, elegance and balance doesn't mean that they eschew power and layered complexity. Quintet (the five Bordeaux varieties) is the king of the portfolio. The rainbow of fresh, vibrant cassis, redcurrant, dried herb and bramble flavours are absolutely exemplary. Drink by 2035.
97 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion
It may just be me, or it could be vine agemaking, global warming, or any or all of those, and maybe other things too, but to end this tortuous sentence, all I really wanted to say, is I don’t think MM Quintet has ever been in better form than it is right now. Phew ! I got that out. And if you’re still with me, read on…
It’s all just so, and first and last impressions are of a wine of supreme balance, perfect ripeness, and phenomenal length. Red and black fruits, violets, pencil shavings and sweet earthiness. Medium bodied, supple yet gravelly tannin, density and thickness, delivered with no heaviness, cool fresh raspberry acidity, and *that* finish, infused with black tea. It drinks beautifully now, and most likely in another thirty years. A new high-water mark for Mount Mary Quintet, I feel. Drink 2020-2045.
97 points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front
