For more than three decades, Quintessa has dedicated itself to deepening its relationship with this estate to better express its pristine beauty with elegance and finesse. They are committed to delivering the distinctive signature of the estate through the unique conditions of each growing season. Thanks to well-timed rains early in the year, the vines at Quintessa showed healthy growth throughout the slow and steady growing season. Even temperatures at ripening brought beautiful fruit into the winery. The result is a wine of nuance, depth, and great persistence. The 2019 vintage is the expression of thoughtful and attentive farming inspired by their devotion to the ongoing beauty of this estate.
100 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This is a winemaker's master class in blending and understanding of a long-standing site. Dried herb, cedar and pencil shavings accent lifted red fruit and brilliant acidity on the palate, with a supple yet still youthfully grippy texture framed by structured, graceful tannins. Enjoy from 2029–2039.
99 Points - James Suckling
So much earth and spice with walnut and wet earth. Like fog lying over the valley in the morning. Black fruit. Medium to full-bodied with super-fine tannins that are long and persistent, with graceful progression and length on the palate. So long, with real definition. From biodynamically grown grapes. Hard not to drink now, but it will age wonderfully.
97 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
I was blown away by the 2019 Red Blend from Quintessa, which is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage. Based on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Carmenère, this full-bodied beauty has a perfectly balanced, seamless, yet expansive and classic 2019 style, as well as gorgeous aromatics of cassis, flowers, chalky minerality, and integrated oak. It's hard to resist already, but I have no doubt this will evolve for 20 years if stored properly.
96 Points - Decanter
From the heart of Rutherford, made with both organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic grapes. Pure, vibrant aromas of dark berry fruit, licorice, cassis, cardamom and rich earth. Penetrating to the core, satiny robes of mixed blue and black fruits, crème de cassis, and a rich tapestry of long, fine-grained tannins. A beautiful wine, drinking nicely now, and should be enjoyed over the next few decades.
95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Proprietary Red Wine is more open and effusive than the 2018 version, with gentle floral nuances set against a backdrop of black cherries and cassis and subtle notes of tobacco, cedar and vanilla. In the mouth, it's medium to full-bodied, streamlined, silky and lush, nicely balanced and elegant, with a long, softly dusty finish tinged with licorice and caramel and tasted twice, with consistent notes.
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