Description
Jean-Marc Quarin 87 points www.quarin.com
La couleur est superbe et le nez n’est pas aussi éclatant que sur les crus situés sur les sols calcaires. En bouche, la pulpe, amenée par l’élevage sur lies, lui donne tendreté et raffinement tactile. La finale étire l’ensemble sur un bel arôme. Le plaisir sera au rendez-vous.
Robert Parker 91 points www.erobertparker.com
An elegant, pretty Quinault, the 2004 displays a dense ruby/purple color along with a big, rich nose of licorice, black raspberries, cherries, and spice. This blend of 71% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec possesses an excellent texture, beautiful elegance and complexity, and no hard edges. A seamlessly made, supple-textured, evolved, forward effort, it can be drunk now or cellared for 12-15 years. This is a very strong effort in a challenging vintage.
Stephen Tanzer 90 points www.vinous.com
Red-ruby. Black cherry, mocha, iron, licorice and exotic spices on the nose. Juicy and bright, with a slight peppery quality lifting the middle palate. Not especially fleshy or sweet but spicy and aromatic. Finishes with dusty tannins and good verve. As always, this conveys a strong impression of soil character, although from the nose alone I’d be more likely to guess Pomerol than Saint-Emilion.