Bettane et Desseauve

La Revue du Vin de France

Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

Wine Enthusiast

The second release since the owners of Château Haut-Brion took over the property, this is very tannic and certainly extracted with its dark chocolate flavors. It's textured, dominated by Merlot and richly lush under the tough exterior. Drink from 2020

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Sweet black raspberries, fresh cherries and soft tannins, with a spicy character, the wine is medium/full bodied, ending with a mélange of clean red fruits.

Decanter Magazine

Formerly Tertre-Daugay. Now in the hands of the Dillon family of Haut-Brion and unclassified. Savoury-chocolate nose. Meaty full and round. Broad Merlot (89%) expression but contained. Polished tannins.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2012 Quintus (89% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc) is made in a firm, structured style with a hint of minerality, dark plum and black currant fruit, touches of cherries and spice, along with some background oak. It is medium-bodied, well-made, and pure. Drink it over the next 12-15 years.

James Suckling

This has an almost Burgundian bouquet, in which forest-berry notes mingle with an aroma of wet earth in fall. The roasted character surely comes from new oak casks. Medium-bodied and rather sleek, the fine tannins now well integrated. Quite some savory complexity at the long, crisp finish. Drink or hold. Château Quintus vertical tasting.