Quintus

Specification

Producer

Quintus

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux

Grapes

Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

2011

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

QUINTU111X75

About this wine

Quintus is a Merlot-led Saint-Émilion with a significant proportion of Cabernet Franc, grown on clay and limestone slopes near the town. It is rich and ripe, with dark plum and cherry fruit, spice and a fresh, firm structure. The wine benefits from at least eight to ten years in bottle and can age for twenty or more.

About Quintus

Château Quintus is a Saint-Émilion estate created in 2011 by Domaine Clarence Dillon, the owners of Château Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion, when they bought Château Tertre Daugay. The neighbouring Château L’Arrosée was added soon afterwards, and the combined vineyard was given the name Quintus.

The vineyards lie on the slopes to the south-west of the town of Saint-Émilion, on clay and limestone, and are planted mainly with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The name comes from the Latin for ‘fifth’. Quintus brings the Dillon family’s winemaking expertise to the Right Bank.