2020, Château Quintus, SAINT-ÉMILION, Grand CruBordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc. Exuberant and confident, with powerful damson and black cherry fruit flavours on the nose. Chocolate and liquorice run through the palate from beginning to end, and this is full of signature St Emilion glamour. It has a round and supple texture through the mid palate, but the alcohol hides some of the limestone nuance at this point it will no doubt emerge more clearly with 8 to 10 years in bottle. Harvest 11th

The first vintage produced was 1992

The burly Pez tannins are present

After the fermentation the wine is moved into new barriques

filigreed tannins on the finish

not cut from the same "classical" cloth as

Ripe and deep

and liquorice that fill the palate

Seventy percent from Les Paulands and 30% from Clos du Roi

at least it conveys a sense of vitality

fig and white pepper

I was left especially impressed by the supple

Rather more colour here