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Quintessa(2002)
Harvest Dates: September 16, 2002 - October 5, 2002
Skin contact: 30 days
Time in oak: 20 months
Type of oak: 100% New, French oak from diverse forests north of the Loire River;emphasis on tight grain wood.
Release date: September 1, 2005
The bouquet of this wine is a rich mélange of floral and black fruits. A delicate brush stroke from Titian, the accent is on opulence tempered by finesse. A bold attack, that astonishes with its richness, and then a seamless segue to an ultra ripe, integrated and well textured mid-palette. A brooding monolithic read more...
Skin contact: 30 days
Time in oak: 20 months
Type of oak: 100% New, French oak from diverse forests north of the Loire River;emphasis on tight grain wood.
Release date: September 1, 2005
The bouquet of this wine is a rich mélange of floral and black fruits. A delicate brush stroke from Titian, the accent is on opulence tempered by finesse. A bold attack, that astonishes with its richness, and then a seamless segue to an ultra ripe, integrated and well textured mid-palette. A brooding monolithic read more...
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June 2007
- Quintessa, like all classic wines of the world, bears the same name as the vineyard from which it is made. Our goal is to produce the best expression of this extraordinary vineyard each year. In broad terms, Quintessa is a red meritage wine. The vineyard's diversity provides us wide stylistic options for the wine. Fruit from each component block of Quintessa is harvested, sorted, then gravity fed into either oak or stainless steel fermentation tanks. Once fermentation and maceration are complete, each block wine is aged separately for up to two years in french oak barrels in our caves. After read more...
- International Wine Cellar
- 92/100
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June 2007
