Variety	BDX Blend
Country	Australia
Region	Yarra Valley
Producer	Sam Middleton
Year	2021
Volume	750 mL

Notes

"Cabernet Sauvignon 44%, Merlot 30%, Cabernet Franc 18%, Malbec 4%, Petit Verdot 4%. As a little story, I’ll tell you that the winemaker from Te Mata Estate (Phil Brodie) came around to our house for tea the other month, and I nipped down to the cellar and opened an 18 Coleraine alongside an 18 Mount Mary Quintet, to compare and contrast. The wines very similar in style, in a way, and both equally good. No losers that night, only winners. We also opened a fair few top shelf Bordeaux, and yet, my favourite wines were the Quintet and Coleraine by a margin. So, there you have it. Blackcurrant, cherry, violet and cedar, rolling tobacco, aniseed and spice. Medium-bodied, gentle flow of small berried fruit, perhaps some ripe and sappy tomato flavours in the mix, and while maybe not quite as concentrated in the mid-palate, and less tannic than some prior vintages, it still lays on the charm and drinks beautifully. Light dusty tannin runs on a long finish. Graceful, and maybe more like a Quintet from days or yore? Fine wine. Distinctive and very good." 95 Points Gary Walsh - The Wine Front "Medium-deep red with purple tinges at the edge, the bouquet is reserved and reticent at first, the fruit character redcurrant and red cherry rather than cassis or mulberry. The wine is lean, elegant, slightly pinched on the palate, while the flavours are attractive is slightly muted on the day. It's a reserved, finer and less-opulently ripe style of cabernet blend—without any sign of greenness—and deserves a good decant. It releases lovely violet aromas given sufficient airing. The palate is focused, elegant and understated: a lovely wine of subtle charms that will surely unfold more if cellared" 95 Points Huon Hooke - The Real Reivew "From a cool year, with the poor flowering reducing the crop of the Quintet varieties by around 50%, thisis an essay in elegance and understatement. A medium, bright and translucent ruby red, thisis beautifully perfumed with aromas of just-ripened blackcurrants, red cherries, rose petals and gentle cedar notesfrom the oak. The palate is exceptionally pure fruited and gently textured. The wine finishes with these incredibly silky, long tanninsthat are in perfect harmony with the fruit and acid. This majestic wine is gorgeousto drink even now but those thatstill have some in their cellar in 10–15 years(if not longer) will be grateful." 98 Points. Philip Rich - The Wine Companion