2016 | Château Quinault L'Enclos | Saint-Emilion

A silky, delicate, and rounded feeling brings to the palate a floral touch full of refined aromas and subtley grainy. This smooth wine is still lightly woody but has great fruit that will shine strongly over the next months. Juicy black-currant flavors are right up front, giving freshness to this attractive, fruity wine.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: This was the first vintage that technical director Pierre-Olivier Clouet started to exclusively use 500-liter barrels for Quinault l'Enclos, decreasing the surface area to which the wines are exposed and, ultimately, the impact of the oak. The percentage of new oak is around 50%, and the blend is 68% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Cabernet Franc. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Quinault l'Enclos opens with expressive redcurrants, black raspberries and black cherries scents with savory suggestions of tapenade, dried herbs and tobacco plus a waft of cloves. Medium-bodied, the palate is fantastically bright and lively with loads of red fruit accents and a firm frame of grainy tannins, finishing on an earthy note.

• James Suckling: A juicy and very elegant Quinault, showing hazelnut, dark-berry and cedar character. Medium body, with a lovely, fine-tannin texture and a delicious finish.

Producer Information

Château Quinault L'Enclos is a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé wine estate making red wine based on Merlot. It is located well within the city of Libourne, next to the Dordogne river in the northwest corner of the Saint-Émilion zone, and is surrounded by urbanization. Strictly speaking, the property is named Château Quinault, and gives its name to the surrounding neighborhood. As a wine estate it is usually known to retailers and consumers by the full name above, as it appears on labels of the grand vin. As conveyed by the name (Enclos literally translates to enclosure) there is one single vineyard parcel. This is unusual for an estate of this size on the Bordeaux Right Bank. The second wine is labelled Lafleur de Quinault. L'Absolut de Quinault was a further cuvée which was discontinued by the current owners (see below).

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