Incredibly balanced wine, wonderful dark lush black fruits, cassis, crushed violets, unsmoked tobacco, cedar, savoury spices, bay leaves and forest pine needles. The palate is impeccably structured with dark lush fruit and savoury spices filling the palate, there is this incredible tannin quality along with energy and persistence, the mid-palate layered and textured, you don’t need to work with this wine it works for you, everything is there coming together, this is really just a baby. I only had one bottle so had to try it but wow such a fantastic producer.97+++
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Pronounced nose of blackberry, cassis, oak spice Flavours of black fruit, black plum, rich black plum, tobacco, cedar Great balance and intensity, very good length. Amazing complexity and will get better with age
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Bright, intense garnet/ crimson. Really fresh nose, red fruits, savoury and really bright, leafy intensity, perfectly ripened, no discernible oak. Palate follows. Very concentrated, but savoury and crisp. Immaculate balance, really emphasises how good Yarra Valley cab belnds are when on song. Silky and long, mouthfilling intensity, but finishes clean, fine tannins. Just superb!
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44% Cabernet sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 16% Cabernet franc, 6% Malbec, 4% Petit verdot from vineyard planted in 1971 on sandy clay loams, dry farmed organically. Fermented on skins for 14 days. Aged 22 months: 25% in large format oak (1500L or larger), 30% in new barriques (225L), rest in 2-5 year old barriques. Bottled with minimal fining and filtration. 13.3% Abv. Background: Founded by John and Marli Middleton in 1971. Owners: David and Victoria Middleton, with children Claire, Sam and Hugh. Winemaker: Sam Middleton
A(ccuracy)=2: Med deep garnet. Mellow supple blend. B(alance)=3: Rich fruit with fine structure. C(omplexity)=2: Dark berries, plum, licorice, earth. D(epth)=2: Round mouthfeel. Full length and persistent finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2] = 9/10
Long and even cool climate Cab blend.
For story-telling label graphics, see: [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjc5nk2uNSt/] [https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/] For video explanation (in 8 languages), see Wine Tally on [https://www.youtube.com]
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Mount Mary Tasting - Langtons (Virtual with samples sent): Cherry on the nose. Colour fresh and young. Tasted more evolved and integrated - lower acidity. Deep fruited (cherry and red fruits) and surprisingly luscious for MM. Savoury and licorice finish. Lovely wine.
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Mount Mary New Releases; 10/22/2021-10/29/2021: Violets, chocolate, plum, and cherry on the nose. Great mix of ripe fruit together with fine grained tannins giving it structure. Plenty of time left to develop and I think it should continue along a strong path.
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Leafy, fragrant nose; more akin to the ’19 than ’17. Beautifully fragrant berries, with loads of pencil shavings in support.
Gentle and supple in the mouth, yet there’s a great fruit surge along the palate. Juicy right through to the finish. Acidity plays as much a structural role as the tannins do. The structure is a standout.
My notes don’t do this wine justice. It was brilliant.
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Having experienced many disappointing Mount Mary Quintets from 06 - 09, we decided to open 15 half bottle. And what a revelation - a great wine or a return to form for the vineyard.
Very violet nose with all the usual dark fruits - the body was long, had layers of complexity and a lovely delicate finish. Managed to be supple and powerful at the same time. Very St Estephe or North Pauillac for my palate and this is high praise indeed.
Still in its youth and should leave it alone for another 5 years and will last for 15+ years from now.
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At Brisbane Club private dinner. This was a beautiful showing of the 2015 Quintet which opened with a clear, deep crimson colour and a thoroughly delicious nose of blackcurrant, garnet plums, dark chocolate and violets with touches of cedar and black olive. The palate had deceptive weight and richness that grew both in the glass and on the palate with lovely fruits balanced by the savoury characters of cedar, tobacco and olive. Yet the fruit persisted nicely and had the final say.. A lovely wine.
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Tasted at the Mount Mary Dinner, Stokehouse Q. The most distinctive wine in this line-up the 2015 Quintet is also the darkest of the Quintets with a complex nose of cassis, dark cherry and plum and distinctive floral notes of violet and dark chocolate. The palate has an extra depth of complex Cabernet fruit with great persistence and a sense of balance and poise that leads into a very persistent play of tannin and fruit.
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At Langtons Classification VII Tasting Melbourne 5 September. This is medium bodied cabernet with juicy red and some dark berry fruit, supported but high quality low toast French oak giving some vanilla and a little tannin assistance. Perhaps I could say the Pinot of the cabernet world it is elegance personified, not at all like a young Bordeaux, and needs time to develop complexity and weight. This vintage will reward patience.
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Cedar, blackberry and blackcurrants aromas. Medium to full bodied, dense ball of cassis, tightly coiled, balanced acid structure and polished tannins, great length and energy. Give this 10 years to unwind.
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Again after reading reviews I wanted to open one of these, and yes its amazing and stunning balance and this will be 96-97 in 10 years but I found this just too "red" and "bright" fruit at this stage. Leave for at least a decade and it will reward you
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Blackcurrant on rose, crushed red flowers on Violet supremely floral. Eucalypt menthe, gentle bay leaf carries, long strong with silty smooth tannin. A real baby, but everything in place to have a magnificent life. Still a wow wine
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black cherry and blackberry fruit. Blue bits rose and violets and a vanillan lick of cinnamon spice on milk choc and crushed raspberry sprinkled with lavender. Everything. What a wine!
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A pitch perfect ensemble of Cabernets. Gorgeous nose of blackcurrants and cedar. On the palate, blackberry, blackcurrants, plums, subtle tobacco, some vanilla, cedar and hints of bay leaf. Impeccably balanced, medium bodied with fine-grained tannins that wash over the mouth like a wave, leaving a silty delicious coating. A very long and satisfying finish; a fine wine indeed. Will age for many years.
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SLDS October 2017 #2: From a half bottle. Lots of lift on the nose with cherry, chocolate, violets and plum. Good fruit presence on the palate while still having plenty of structure. Well balanced and should be even better with enough age on it.
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Mount Mary New Release Tasting: Darker floral notes, chocolate, plenty of spice, kirsch and plums - plenty of appeal on the nose. Good brightness to the fruit on the palate, very nice acidity gives it a feeling of purity. Really good length and persistence. Plenty of structure sitting around it, this feels like it has more power than the 2014 but all the elements bring it together to feel really well poised for the future.
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3/25/2024 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 97 Points
Incredibly balanced wine, wonderful dark lush black fruits, cassis, crushed violets, unsmoked tobacco, cedar, savoury spices, bay leaves and forest pine needles. The palate is impeccably structured with dark lush fruit and savoury spices filling the palate, there is this incredible tannin quality along with energy and persistence, the mid-palate layered and textured, you don’t need to work with this wine it works for you, everything is there coming together, this is really just a baby. I only had one bottle so had to try it but wow such a fantastic producer.97+++
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10/20/2023 - Blackart wrote:
Tasted 19/10/23. Nose and taste very connected. Fine tannins. Great balance. Good finish. Excellent and will be another 10+ years
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10/14/2023 - marcellonegro wrote: 95 Points
Pronounced nose of blackberry, cassis, oak spice
Flavours of black fruit, black plum, rich black plum, tobacco, cedar
Great balance and intensity, very good length. Amazing complexity and will get better with age
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8/26/2023 - aarone3333 wrote:
Bright, intense garnet/ crimson. Really fresh nose, red fruits, savoury and really bright, leafy intensity, perfectly ripened, no discernible oak.
Palate follows. Very concentrated, but savoury and crisp. Immaculate balance, really emphasises how good Yarra Valley cab belnds are when on song. Silky and long, mouthfilling intensity, but finishes clean, fine tannins.
Just superb!
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10/6/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:
44% Cabernet sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 16% Cabernet franc, 6% Malbec, 4% Petit verdot
from vineyard planted in 1971 on sandy clay loams, dry farmed
organically.
Fermented on skins for 14 days.
Aged 22 months: 25% in large format oak (1500L or larger),
30% in new barriques (225L), rest in 2-5 year old barriques.
Bottled with minimal fining and filtration.
13.3% Abv.
Background: Founded by John and Marli Middleton in 1971.
Owners: David and Victoria Middleton, with children Claire, Sam and Hugh.
Winemaker: Sam Middleton
A(ccuracy)=2: Med deep garnet. Mellow supple blend.
B(alance)=3: Rich fruit with fine structure.
C(omplexity)=2: Dark berries, plum, licorice, earth.
D(epth)=2: Round mouthfeel. Full length and persistent finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2] = 9/10
Long and even cool climate Cab blend.
For story-telling label graphics, see:
[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjc5nk2uNSt/]
[https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/]
For video explanation (in 8 languages), see
Wine Tally on [https://www.youtube.com]
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11/22/2021 - nwebstar Likes this wine: 94 Points
Mount Mary Tasting - Langtons (Virtual with samples sent): Cherry on the nose. Colour fresh and young. Tasted more evolved and integrated - lower acidity. Deep fruited (cherry and red fruits) and surprisingly luscious for MM. Savoury and licorice finish. Lovely wine.
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10/29/2021 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
Mount Mary New Releases; 10/22/2021-10/29/2021: Violets, chocolate, plum, and cherry on the nose. Great mix of ripe fruit together with fine grained tannins giving it structure. Plenty of time left to develop and I think it should continue along a strong path.
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10/19/2021 - mphatic Likes this wine:
Mount Mary 2021 wine release tasting: From 60ml sample bottle. 13.3% alc. Deep red.
Leafy, fragrant nose; more akin to the ’19 than ’17. Beautifully fragrant berries, with loads of pencil shavings in support.
Gentle and supple in the mouth, yet there’s a great fruit surge along the palate. Juicy right through to the finish. Acidity plays as much a structural role as the tannins do. The structure is a standout.
My notes don’t do this wine justice. It was brilliant.
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7/25/2021 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 95 Points
Having experienced many disappointing Mount Mary Quintets from 06 - 09, we decided to open 15 half bottle. And what a revelation - a great wine or a return to form for the vineyard.
Very violet nose with all the usual dark fruits - the body was long, had layers of complexity and a lovely delicate finish. Managed to be supple and powerful at the same time. Very St Estephe or North Pauillac for my palate and this is high praise indeed.
Still in its youth and should leave it alone for another 5 years and will last for 15+ years from now.
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7/10/2021 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
At Brisbane Club private dinner. This was a beautiful showing of the 2015 Quintet which opened with a clear, deep crimson colour and a thoroughly delicious nose of blackcurrant, garnet plums, dark chocolate and violets with touches of cedar and black olive. The palate had deceptive weight and richness that grew both in the glass and on the palate with lovely fruits balanced by the savoury characters of cedar, tobacco and olive. Yet the fruit persisted nicely and had the final say.. A lovely wine.
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6/26/2020 - Parko82 Likes this wine: 96 Points
13.3% ABV
Cork
YUM!!
Decanted 2 hrs, can be drunk now but will improve..
Black and red currants, plum, violets, pencil shavings, tobacco, black licorice and earth..
Balance is impeccable!! Perfect tannins, acid, fruit length, just wow!!
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9/5/2019 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted at the Mount Mary Dinner, Stokehouse Q. The most distinctive wine in this line-up the 2015 Quintet is also the darkest of the Quintets with a complex nose of cassis, dark cherry and plum and distinctive floral notes of violet and dark chocolate. The palate has an extra depth of complex Cabernet fruit with great persistence and a sense of balance and poise that leads into a very persistent play of tannin and fruit.
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9/5/2018 - F1NUT Likes this wine: 90 Points
At Langtons Classification VII Tasting Melbourne 5 September. This is medium bodied cabernet with juicy red and some dark berry fruit, supported but high quality low toast French oak giving some vanilla and a little tannin assistance. Perhaps I could say the Pinot of the cabernet world it is elegance personified, not at all like a young Bordeaux, and needs time to develop complexity and weight. This vintage will reward patience.
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7/26/2018 - lightning wrote: 92 Points
Deloitte tasting.
Cedar, blackberry and blackcurrants aromas. Medium to full bodied, dense ball of cassis, tightly coiled, balanced acid structure and polished tannins, great length and energy. Give this 10 years to unwind.
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2/22/2018 - theporkrail Likes this wine: 92 Points
Again after reading reviews I wanted to open one of these, and yes its amazing and stunning balance and this will be 96-97 in 10 years but I found this just too "red" and "bright" fruit at this stage. Leave for at least a decade and it will reward you
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12/1/2017 - VinCapitan Likes this wine: 95 Points
Blackcurrant on rose, crushed red flowers on Violet supremely floral. Eucalypt menthe, gentle bay leaf carries, long strong with silty smooth tannin. A real baby, but everything in place to have a magnificent life. Still a wow wine
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11/28/2017 - VinCapitan Likes this wine: 97 Points
black cherry and blackberry fruit. Blue bits rose and violets and a vanillan lick of cinnamon spice on milk choc and crushed raspberry sprinkled with lavender. Everything. What a wine!
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11/5/2017 - DanielJH Likes this wine: 98 Points
A pitch perfect ensemble of Cabernets. Gorgeous nose of blackcurrants and cedar. On the palate, blackberry, blackcurrants, plums, subtle tobacco, some vanilla, cedar and hints of bay leaf. Impeccably balanced, medium bodied with fine-grained tannins that wash over the mouth like a wave, leaving a silty delicious coating. A very long and satisfying finish; a fine wine indeed. Will age for many years.
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10/25/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
SLDS October 2017 #2: From a half bottle. Lots of lift on the nose with cherry, chocolate, violets and plum. Good fruit presence on the palate while still having plenty of structure. Well balanced and should be even better with enough age on it.
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10/18/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Mount Mary New Release Tasting: Darker floral notes, chocolate, plenty of spice, kirsch and plums - plenty of appeal on the nose. Good brightness to the fruit on the palate, very nice acidity gives it a feeling of purity. Really good length and persistence. Plenty of structure sitting around it, this feels like it has more power than the 2014 but all the elements bring it together to feel really well poised for the future.
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