Chateau Quinault L'Enclos

Chateau Quinault L’Enclos is located behind the Libourne football stadium and very close to housings on all sides. 12 hectares in size, it was acquired by Alain Raynaud in 1997, who also has estates in Pomerol (La Croix-de-Gay) and Montagne-St-Emilion (Faizeau).

With sandy-gravel soils, many of the vines are of 50 years old. The estate was later sold to Bernard Arnault and Albert Frere, owners of Cheval Blanc, in 2008. The wine style is modern and can be drunk young.

I have recently tasted the 2002 vintage and below is my tasting note:

Good quality St-Emilion of medium ruby color, with a fairly intense nose showing good complexity and developing aromas of blackberry and bilberry, forest floor, meaty, earth, smoke and cocoa. Medium in acidity, the tannin is a bit drying. Fairly full-bodied, the palate is of reasonable concen...tration, showing blackberry and black cherry, plum, cedar and toast, cinnamon. The wine has a reasonable finish, and is ready to drink now, but can benefit from further ageing of another 2-3 years.