【オーストラリア年間最優秀ワイナリー】を獲得した極小規模ワイナリー

マウント・メアリーは、1972年にジョン・ミドルトン博士によって設立されたオーストラリアの偉大な小規模ワイナリーの一つです。三世代に渡り、家族経営でおよそ16haの自社畑のブドウを使用し、単一畑のワインを造り続けてきました。この土地、畑、そしてヴィンテージを表現します。

1976年の初ヴィンテージ以来、オーストラリアで最も評価の高い生産者の1つとしての地位を確立し、ワインコレクターの間でカルト的な地位を誇っています。生産量はごくわずかです。

カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン46%、メルロ26%、カベルネ・フラン20%、マルベック5%、プティ・ヴェルド3%。
25%フレンチオーク大樽、30%新小樽で22ヶ月間熟成、残りは古小樽で25年間熟成させた後ブレンド。プラム、黒スグリ、スミレ、杉の香り。樽由来のスパイスとトースト香。なめらかなタンニンと長い余韻。

Mount Mary Vineyard Yarra Valley Quintet
マウント・メアリー ヴィンヤード ヤラ・ヴァレー クインテット
生産地：オーストラリア ヴィクトリア州 ヤラ・ヴァレー
原産地呼称：GI. VICTORIA
ぶどう品種：カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン46%、メルロ26%、カベルネ・フラン20%、マルベック5%、プティ・ヴェルド3%
味わい：赤ワイン 辛口 フルボディ

ワインアドヴォケイト：98 ポイント
The Wine Advocate RP 98 Reviewed by: Erin Larkin Release Price: NA Drink Date: 2023 - 2065
In 2019 or thereabouts I tasted the 2015 JWDM Cabernet from Mount Mary and it both asked and answered questions I have about Cabernet tannins in one fell swoop. I will never forget the way the tannins performed in the mouth that day: they gave new meaning to pliability ductility support and flow and told me that natural grape tannin is the highest purest form of structure that there is. We know now that the 2015 season yielded brilliant wines of clarity and classicism in this part of the world and so with that preamble I taste the 2015 Quintet here today after seven years in bottle. On the nose there is raspberry seed bramble cocoa cassis tobacco bay leaf a hint of tapenade cardamom pod and brine. In the mouth the wine plays out with all of these characteristics. It is supple and pliable and balanced perhaps its most wonderful feature is the balance. It's a ripping wine a superstar. If you're the owner of some 2015 Quintets good for you. I'm jealous. 13.3% alcohol sealed under natural cork. Published: Sep 22 2023

ジェームスサックリング：98 ポイント
Saturday November 3 2018
A superb wine from the very first impression showing a lot of ripe cassis leafy notes chocolate and cedar. Hints of graphite red plums redcurrants too. Merlot is back in the mix and it has higher percentage in the blend (30% to 44% cabernet sauvignon). The palate is silky smooth really slick and supple. A beautifully balanced wine here.Long regal suave and showy. Layered and full of interest. Drink or hold.

Wine Front：97+ ポイント
“It may just be me or it could be vine age winemaking global warming or any or all of those and maybe other things too but to end this tortuous sentence all I really wanted to say is I don’t think MM Quintet has ever been in better form than it is right now. Phew ! I got that out. And if you’re still with me read on…

It’s all just so and first and last impressions are of a wine of supreme balance perfect ripeness and phenomenal length. Red and black fruits violets pencil shavings and sweet earthiness. Medium bodied supple yet gravelly tannin density and thickness delivered with no heaviness cool fresh raspberry acidity and ※that※ finish infused with black tea. It drinks beautifully now and most likely in another thirty years. A new high-water mark for Mount Mary Quintet I feel.”
Gary Walsh Wine Front August 2017

James Halliday：97 ポイント
“Just because the Mount Mary wines are famed for their purity elegance and balance doesn't mean that they eschew power and layered complexity. Quintet (the five Bordeaux varieties) is the king of the portfolio the wine that was closest to founder Dr John Middleton's irascible heart. The vintage may have been especially great for pinot but the rainbow of cassis redcurrant dried herb and bramble flavours are absolutely exemplary.”
James Halliday Wine Companion 2017

Gourmet Traveller：97 ポイント
“This beautiful graceful wine's focus is not power or weight but elegance line and length. Aromas include violet blackberyy briar tamarillo and dark plum. It's superbly balanced with freshness and verve the tannins are supremely fine."
Gourmet Traveller Aug/Sep 2018

豪ラングトンズ格付けにて、最高格付けである「エクセプショナル」に選ばれた22銘柄の中のひとつに、このマウント・メアリーのクインテットが選ばれています。(その他には「ペンフォールズ グランジ」「ヘンチキ ヒル・オブ・グレース」など錚々たる顔ぶれ)