2020 Mount Mary Quintet

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A blend of 44/30/18/4/4% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/cabernet franc/malbec/petit verdot. From a cool year, with the poor flowering reducing the crop of the Quintet varieties by around 50%, this is an essay in elegance and understatement. A medium, bright and translucent ruby red, this is beautifully perfumed with aromas of just-ripened blackcurrants, red cherries, rose petals and gentle cedar notes from the oak. The palate is exceptionally pure fruited and gently textured. The wine finishes with these incredibly silky, long tannins that are in perfect harmony with the fruit and acid. This majestic wine is gorgeous to drink even now but those that still have some in their cellar in 10–15 years (if not longer) will be grateful. Drink by 2035.
98 Points
Phillip Rich - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (March 2022)

Very subtle and refined on the nose with currants and orange peel as well as hints of currant bush. Medium- to full-bodied with creamy tannins that fell the mouth. Silky texture. Succulent and beautiful to drink. Better in two or three years.
94 Points
JamesSuckling.com (October 2022)

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. Drink 2025 - 2042.
95 Points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front (September 2022)

The Mount Mary Quintet is highly prized in Australia for its capacity for graceful aging in the cellar. On release, the 2020 Quintet exhibits a precise tannic structure, so specific to this estate in Yarra Valley. The fruit bursts forth in a measured flow of red berries, exotic spice and classic Yarra florals. It's a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (44%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (18%), Malbec (4%) and Petit Verdot (4%), and harmony, balance and finesse are its calling cards. This is one of the very best Cabernets in Australia in any given year, yet the cool, low-yielding 2020 season has birthed a wine of unparalleled pleasure and place. It's a superstar of the highest order, and if you don't believe me, track down one that's five years old, 10, 15, 20, more. They remain fresh, elegant, balanced, poised, exciting wines through the years. Heck, I might do a vertical to prove the point. Sensational. Drink 2022-2052.
98 points
Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate