The 2022 Quintus has an intense, powerful bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and floral, violet scents that retains delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine tannins, quite tensile from start to finish with just the right amount of bitterness and sapidity on the finish. Curiously, not a popular wine amongst fellow tasters, but I can see its long-term potential. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.

The 2022 Quintus, one of the best wines produced at this estate, reveals aromas of dark berries, licorice, ripe plum, spices, and hints of graphite. It’s fleshy and concentrated, precise and crystalline, with a tensile, chalky profile, velvety tannins and a vibrant, penetratingly saline finish. The integration of fruit from Grand Pontet recently acquired by the Dillon group means that the blend now contains fully 41.5% Cabernet Franc, bringing more mid-palate structure and amplifying Quintus's limestone-influenced character.