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Mount Mary Quintet 2023
DOZEN: $2,484.00 or $207.00 each
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot
Mount Mary's Quintet is our most eloquent rebuttal to accusations that Australian wine is all bombast and bluster. Poise can be an overused term in wine, but here it's an article of faith. A blend without a single stitch or seam. Polished red and blackcurrant fruit, dried violets and rubbed rosemary, all exquisitely presented. It's perfectly pitched and achingly graceful, its tannins a detailed tapestry only Bayeux could match. Always great, now better than ever, this 2023 is one of the best Australian winesof the century so far. (99) NICK RYAN, theaustralian.com
The 2023 Quintet is, like every other Quintet I've tasted in my life, pure joy. The wine is famous for its fine frame and floral aromatics, its ability to age what feels interminably and its unfettered expression of this corner of the Yarra Valley—Coldstream. While the cooler season of 2023 has shaped some of the elements of the wine, it remains true to its site and leaves a gentle cedar note trail through the memory. It has more pomegranate and cherry than cassis or blackberry, along with notes of violets, bay leaf and star anise even. It is a beautiful wine, one of my favorite Cabernets in this country. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam cork. (97) ERIN LARKIN, wineadvocate.com