Mount Mary Quintet 2020

Mount Mary Quintet 2020Halliday Wine Companion Red Wine of the Year 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Best Cabernet and Family Varietal of 2023 The Mount Mary Quintet is one of the iconic wines of Australia and one of the jewels of the Yarra Valley. It is a blend of the five Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sourced from the Yarra's most revered vineyard. Mount Mary Quintet is one of 'Langton's Heritage Five' which celebrates

the fruit doing the talking rather than obvious stems or oak

if slightly simple and porty successor with attractively spicy

98% shiraz and 2% cabernet sauvignon from 89% Barossa Valley

violets and cedary oak come together in harmony while the tannins sashay across the palate

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and dusty oak all figure in the complex bouquet

Halliday Wine Companion - 99 points and Top 100 wines of 2019 and Special Value Wine  ★

texture and structure rare in Australian riesling

Finishes chocolaty with long tannin plume

Drink: 2021 - 2032

and while the oak influence is still pretty formidable