Description

Quintessa, c'est un super vin qui vient du petit coin de Rutherford, dans la Napa Valley en Californie (États-Unis). C'est là, dans un vignoble super bien placé, qu'on cultive les cépages qui servent à faire ce rouge qui a reçu des notes géniales de la part des critiques les plus connus

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Quintessa
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2021
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
91% Cabernet sauvignon, 4% Cabernet franc, 3% Carménère, 1% Petit verdot, 1% Merlot
Origine
Napa Valley

Dégustation

Vue
Couleur pourpre très intense.
Nez
Des arômes parfumés de cerise noire et de cassis enrobés de chocolat noir. Les notes de thym et de sauge se mélangent à des touches de cannelle, de cèdre et d'encens.
Bouche
Des notes florales et terreuses se mélangent à des touches profondes de fruits noirs, apportant beaucoup d'énergie et de profondeur avec une belle texture veloutée. Finale longue et parfumée.
Température de service
On recommande de le servir à 16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Nom
Dragons Terrace, Corona, Cruz del Sur, Monte Cruz, Silver South, Howards Million, Pedraza, Bench, Alcantara, Canyon, Corral, Tesoro y Las Flores
Description
Vignobles à Rutherford, dans la Napa Valley (Californie).
Vendanges
Ça s'est passé du 8 septembre au 18 octobre.
Vinification
Macération pendant environ 22 jours en contact avec les peaux.
Elevage
22 mois en fûts de chêne français et en amphores en terre cuite.
Embouteillage
Juillet 2023

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

Marked by scents of cherries and raspberries, with just the barest hints of cedar and mocha-tinged oak, Quintessa's fruit-forward 2021 Proprietary Red Wine is wonderfully smooth and supple in the mouth. It's medium to full-bodied, suave and silky, all class and elegance, without any sense of excessive bulk or rusticity. If one were to have a complaint about it (hardly likely), it's that it comes across as almost too polished, too elegant, too easy to drink.

James Suckling:

So much graphite and volcanic character on the nose with metal shavings and gunpowder. Black ink, iron and rust, too. Blackberry and blackcurrant undertones. Full-bodied but not overpowering, with chewy and juicy tannins that are long and very subtle. Superb finish. From biodynamic grapes with Demeter certification. 91% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc, 3% carmenere, 1% merlot, and 1% petit verdot. Drinkable now, but better in 2027.

Decanter:

A compact, coiled-up, polished red. Intensely aromatic and perfumed, it leads with a distinct burst of cast-iron minerality, dusty sage, red and blackberry fruits, and perfumed rose petals. Medium to full-bodied with a dense core of succulent boysenberry fruit, plums, and kirsch, all of which have tremendous staying power matched only by the wine's burly, robust and muscular tannins, which offer a real contrast to the supreme elegance of this wine. More time in the bottle is needed to let these tannins soften. If you open it before 2025, let it breathe several hours ahead of time, perhaps even double-decant it. 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Carmenère, 1% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot aged 22 months in 65% new French oak and 3% terracotta amphora.