So, the 2021 Quintet comprises 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, Cabernet Franc 17%, Petit Verdot 6% and Malbec 2%. On the nose, there is a forest of red berries—mid-weight and balanced in their flow of aromatics. It has notes of pomegranate, cassis, a hint of cocoa, graphite and tobacco, star anise and salted licorice. In the mouth, the calling card of this estate is undoubtedly the tannins, and they flow and weave through the fruit at every turn. This is a silken wine, the tannins like carded silk. If you've ever carded fleece or a raw substrate like that, you know the satisfaction and progress of that process. The tannins here have that open-weave, unfettered feeling—they are what they are and are not created/built/etc. There is nothing forced here. The season has yielded a balanced and fine wine, and the tannins feel like they plume through the fruit, like blood in the water. I cannot separate the fruit from the tannin. It's chewy. Excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing this again in a decade. (EL)

The epic 2021 Quintet, a blend of all five key Bordeaux varieties, is compact and refined. It offers up layers of graphite, dark cherry, cranberry and violets laced with gentle spice–an exceptional blend of power and delicacy. Beautifully defined on the palate, its firm, gravelly tannins are immaculately balanced, delivering a long, controlled finish. The tannin quality here marks this as a great vintage. The 2021 is very closed right now, but its spellbinding balance and length will see it age remarkably well, likely for two decades and more. 97+ (AH)