Quintessa 2018, Red Blend, Napa Valley, USA

A wine of perfect harmony, with deep and layered flavors. Intense perfume comprising notes of cassis, black cherry, and raspberry bring with it an entourage of savory notes of sage and thyme; the 2018 Quintessa continues to unfold as notes of dark chocolate, graphite and fresh tobacco mingle with the fresh fruit. Precise and dense, the wine shows supple tannin that play with flavors of black cherry, dark chocolate, and crushed rocks.

The 2018 Quintessa has a balance of freshness followed by bright fruit and minerality at the finish that shows unparalleled aging potential.

Blend: 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Carmenére, 1% Petit Verdot

"This is beautifully polished with firm, dusty tannins to the blue fruit, as well as chocolate and cedar character. Some much earthier character, too, from mushrooms to bark. Forest flowers. Perfumed. It’s full-bodied with round tannins and a soft, creamy finish. Some iron and iodine to this. So attractive at the finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. [James Suckling 99pts]"