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Fresh, juicy Saint-Émilion bursting with red cherry, strawberry, ripe plum and pomegranate, lifted by flowers, blueberry and licorice, with a delicate touch of oak, sandalwood and clove. Soft, fine tannins and a long, bright finish.
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Close83% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec
Food pairings: Roast or grilled beef such as a sirloin steak with Café de Paris butter, a garlic-studded leg of lamb, duck, veal, pork, chicken and game, and braised or stewed meat dishes.
Winemaking: Le Dragon de Quintus is the second wine of Château Quintus, an easier-drinking, fruit-driven expression of the same mosaic of terroirs. The 2021 was picked by hand from September 24th to October 8th, with careful sorting both in the vineyard and in the vat room. In a vintage that looked more classic than the two before it, the team favored gentle extractions and fermentation at low temperatures. Each plot is picked and vinified in parts, from the top, middle and foot of the slopes, in wooden and stainless-steel vats with gentle pump-overs, and every vat is tasted blind before blending. The wine then aged in French oak barrels, 30% new.
Vineyards and terroir: Quintus sits on a limestone promontory above Saint-Émilion that rises to 62 meters and gives a 360-degree view over the Dordogne valley. Its plateau and slopes face north, west and south, giving a wide range of microclimates and limestone soils. In 2021, an April frost did little harm on these airy hillsides, and the natural drainage of the slopes kept the vines healthy through a rainy June before a warm, sunny September brought the grapes to ripeness. The estate is certified High Environmental Value (HVE) and ISO 14001, and keeps hedgerows, wildflowers and holm oaks around the vines for biodiversity.
Family and history: Domaine Clarence Dillon, the family company that owns Château Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion, bought Château Tertre Daugay in 2011 and renamed it Quintus, Latin for "the fifth". The neighboring Château L'Arrosée was merged into the estate in 2013, and Château Grand-Pontet was added in 2021. The wine's name comes from the bronze dragon by sculptor Mark Coreth, with a six-meter wingspan, that stands guard where a watchtower once overlooked the valley. Prince Robert of Luxembourg chairs Domaine Clarence Dillon, and the estate is run by manager Mariette Veyssière with cellar master Claude Diligeart.
In the pictures: Vines on the former Tertre Daugay estate, now part of Château Quintus (photo: Cyril5555, 2012, CC BY-SA 3.0). The L'Arrosée vineyard sign among the vines, a plot that joined Quintus in 2013 (photo: Cyril5555, 2012, CC BY-SA 3.0).
